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Key Question: What are ‘plates’ and how do they move?

Key Question: What are ‘plates’ and how do they move?. Starter: Cut out and complete your plate tectonics jigsaw. Learning Objectives: To know the crust is divided into ‘plates’ To be able to explain how they move. Look carefully at your completed jigsaw. It shows the major plate boundaries.

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Key Question: What are ‘plates’ and how do they move?

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  1. Key Question: What are ‘plates’ and how do they move?

  2. Starter: Cut out and complete your plate tectonics jigsaw

  3. Learning Objectives: To know the crust is divided into ‘plates’ To be able to explain how they move

  4. Look carefully at your completed jigsaw. It shows the major plate boundaries. Using a RED pencil make the plate boundaries clearly

  5. Top 10 deadliest volcanoes: • Tambora, Indonesia • Krakatau, Indonesia • Pelee, Martinique • Ruiz, Columbia • Unzen, Japan • Laki, Iceland • Galunggung, Indonesia • Vesuvius, Italy • Etna, Italy • Top 10 biggest earthquakes: • Chile • Prince William Sound, Alaska • Aleutian Islands • Kamchatka • Sumatra, Indonesia • Ecuador • Aleutian Islands • Sumatra, Indonesia • India/China border • Kamchatka

  6. Continental drift

  7. Evidence to support Continental Drift: Fossils match Jigsaw fit of land masses Flightless Birds Rocks also match – the rocks in Scotland match those found in Newfoundland.

  8. Why do the plates move? Crust Convention Currents Mantle

  9. Plenary In pairs, using your jigsaw and knowledge learnt today, explain to your partner how plates move. Wish 2

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