Take Notes - in your journal
and
Research the questions below
then take part in a Kahoot Quiz at 10.10 am
The best information hunters will be the winners.
Plate Tectonics - This video shows how the solid crust of the Earth has moved over millions of years to form different continents. See if you can spot the moment when Africa and South America split apart.
- How old is the Earth?
- How far is it to the centre of the Earth?
- What are the four parts of the Earth as you go towards the centre?
- How thick is the crust?
- What is a subduction zone?
- What is continental drift?
- How much taller do the Himalayas get every year?
- How deep is the Marianus Trench?
- What is the Mid Atlantic Ridge?
- What are the three main rock types? Volcanic, M.... , Se....
- How hot is it at the centre of the Earth?
- How far is the Earth from the Sun?
- What did they call the super-continent that existed when all the land was joined together?
- Why do we get volcanoes near a subduction zone?
- What is the core made of?
- How long is a year?
- What is a day?
Use your Google searching skills to find out as much as you can.
Look carefully at the diagrams below - they might help too.
Check out these diagrams - Recreate one in your journal
Subduction Zone
Convergent Plates - Mountain Building
Divergent Plates
Sea floor spreading
Classification
Main Rock Types
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