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Date:
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Directions: Please go to Google Classroom and
locate the “Slip…Slide… Collide” post. There is a
link to this simulation where you will get to
investigate the interior and the functions of the Earth.
There are three levels to conquer and as you complete
each section, please complete this guided worksheet.
Good luck and “For Science!”
LEVEL 1  EARTH’S INTERIOR
Background: Find out about the compositional and mechanical nature of the Earth’s interior
LAYER NAME
1-2 FACTS
TRUE OR FALSE
This layer is made of iron and some nickel.
(True or False)
This layer is a solid.
(True or False)
This layer is solid but convection currents are
still able to flow
(True or False)
There are two types of crust on Earth.
(True or False)
This layer is the LEAST dense type of crust.
(True or False)
Lithosphere (a layer within
the Mantle)
Asthenosphere (a layer
within the Mantle)
Oxygen and Silica are the two most abundant
minerals in this type of crust.
(True or False)
This is a combination layer which is part crust
and part mantle.
(True or False)
This layer houses the convection currents that
move the lithospheric plates.
(True or False)
LEVEL 2  PLATE TECTONICS
Background: Find out about how the lithosphere is broken down and how the plates move
1. Because the Earth has a particularly weak zone (the asthenosphere) below the lithosphere, plates are able
to _____________ around.
2. The ________________ plate is the largest lithospheric plate.
a. North American
b. Pacific
c. African
3. During the Cambrian Period, the largest landmass was known as ___________________.
4. During the Triassic Period, this LARGE landmass existed on Earth.
a. Laurentia
b. Godwana
c. Pangaea
5. The _________________ Mountains formed when India collided with the Asian Plate
a. Appalachian
b. Himalayas
c. Andes
6. One hundred years into the future, North and South American will continue to ________.
a. Grow in size
b. Develop mountain ranges
c. Drift apart
LEVEL 3  PLATE BOUNDARIES
Background: Learn about how each type of plate shifts and which features form at boundaries
1. _________________ plate boundaries occur where plates are drawing apart from each other.
2. _________________ plate boundaries occur when adjacent plates move towards each other.
3. In some places, plates slide sideways past each another, called a _________________ boundary.
4. Complete the following table on Plate Features
FEATURE
Trench
Subduction Zone
Volcano
Mountains
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Faults
BOUNDARY
FACT
_________________________
(ocean-continent)
_________________________
(ocean-continent)
_________________________
(ocean-continent)
_________________________
(continent-continent)
_________________________
(ocean-ocean)
_________________________
(ocean-ocean)
5. True or False. Earthquakes are common at or near plate boundaries.
6. True or False. All plate boundaries produce the same type of plate boundary features.