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Dynamic Earth Continental Drift Year 9 Continental Drift Plate Tectonics First have fun completing the interactive map: http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/Pangaea_game.html Now read through this website and answer these questions: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml 1. How thick are the plates? 2. What happens when the sea level changes according to the web site? 3. Which is older? Oceanic crust or continental crust 4. When was the theory of plate tectonics developed? 5. List the three types of plate movement and write a brief explanation for each: 6. What is Pangaea? R Laugesen 16/07/2008 Dynamic Earth Continental Drift Year 9 7. Explain how fossil evidence supports the theory of plate tectonics 8. New test what you have learnt. Complete the interactive quiz. What was your score? http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/activities/radiobuttonquiz/ Tectonicspz.shtml The Evidence http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/evidence.html Summarise (write a few important sentences) about each form of evidence. Shapes Match Plants and Animals Match Rocks Match Ice Match’s The positions don’t Match R Laugesen 16/07/2008 Dynamic Earth Continental Drift Year 9 Now test what you learnt again: Complete the knowledge test. What was your score? http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/quiz.html How fast are they moving? http://hypertextbook.com/facts/ZhenHuang.shtml What is the average speed that the tectonic plates are moving? Do you think that you will see observable changes in your lifetime? More sites to explore: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/earth/tectonics.html http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/historical.html http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1991/6/91.06.05.x.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_techtonics R Laugesen 16/07/2008