Warm Up Questions
Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics Warm-up
Question
Today’s Date: ___________
List the layers of the Earth starting from
the outside and going towards the center.
Your guess/answer at the start of class:
The correct answer:
Plate Tectonics Warm-up
Question
Today’s Date: _______
Which layer of the Earth is
plastic (semi-liquid that flows)?
Your guess/answer at the start of class:
The correct answer:
Plate Tectonics Warm-up
Question
Today’s Date: _______
If Scientists cannot get to the
mantle and core, how do they
know about them?
Your guess/answer at the start of class:
The correct answer:
Plate Tectonics Warm-up Question
Today’s Date: _______
What information was Alfred
Wegener missing that was needed
to support his continental drift
theory?
Your guess/answer at the start of class:
The correct answer:
Plate Tectonics Warm-up Question
Today’s Date: _______
What were the 2 pieces of
evidence that finally proved
Continental Drift & Sea Floor
Spreading?
Your guess/answer at the start of class:
The correct answer:
Plate Tectonics Warm-up Question
Today’s Date: _______
In science, what is a theory?
Your guess/answer at the start of class:
The correct answer:
Plate Tectonics Warm-up Question
Today’s Date: _______
Why does magma in the mantle
rise to the crust at the mid-ocean
ridge?
Your guess/answer at the start of class:
The correct answer:
Plate Tectonics
Warm-up Questions
Today’s Date: _______
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an
example of a _______ boundary
Plate Tectonics Warm-up
Question
Today’s Date: _______
During oceanic–oceanic
convergence, the __________
crust subducts
Your guess/answer at the start of class:
The correct answer:
Plate Tectonics Warm-up
Question
Today’s Date: _______
Give an example of Hot Spot
islands
Your guess/answer at the start of class:
The correct answer: