The Moving Land
I am the word that describes how fast the land on Earth is moving.
What is...very slow.
I am the object that scientists study the shape of in order to learn more about how the plate tectonics were initially broken up.
What is...the shape of the continents.
I am the name of the large body of water that surrounds the Earth and land.
What is...an ocean.
I am the name of the two types of tectonic plates.
What is...oceanic and continental.
I am the name of the plates that are made of oceanic crust.
What is...oceanic plate tectonics.
I am the name that is used to describe the movement of the Earth's land.
What is...continental drift.
I am the name of the one "super continent".
What is...Pangaea.
I am the name of the large pieces of land that were created by the plate tectonics.
What is...the continents.
I am the natural phenomenon that happens at plate boundaries.
What is...an earthquake.
I am the name of the plates that are made up of continental crust.
What is...continental plate tectonics.
I am what rises from the core of the Earth causing the movement of the land.
What is...heat.
I am the name of the natural mineral that scientists study on the continents to learn more about continental drift.
What is...the layers of rock.
I am the number of oceans that are found on Earth.
What is...five.
I am the number that describes the average thickness of a tectonic plate.
What is...62 miles thick.
I am the inner-most part of the Earth.
What is...the core.
I am the number that describes how much the Earth's land moves every year.
What is...six inches per year.
I am the name of the old remains that scientists find and study on different continents to help make sense of the plate tectonics.
What is...fossils.
I am the number that describes how many continents exist on Earth.
What is...seven.
I am the mountain range that was formed from a convergent boundary.
What is...the Himalayan Mountains.
I am the name of the three main types of boundaries.
What is...convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.
I am the name of the boundaries of tectonic plates.
What is...plate tectonics.
I am the name of the new tool that scientists are using to track how tectonics plates move.
What is...GPS.
I am the name of the continent that we currently live on.
What is...North America.
I am the name of the famous transform boundary in California.
What is...the San Andreas Fault.
I am the name of the three layers of the Earth.
What is...the core, mantel, and crust.