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STEP 1: Go to http://www.amnh.org/ology/earth/plates/index.html
STEP 2: Click on the “Find out more about the power of plates” button on the right side of the screen
STEP 4: Click on the button that says “Pangea” and answer the following questions
1. What is pangea?
2. How long ago did pangea exist?
3. What evidence supports the idea of plate tectonics?
STEP 5: Click on the button that says “earth” on the top left of the page
STEP 6: Click on the “plates on the move” link at the top left of the page
STEP 7: Click on “Explore how plates affect your world” button on the right side of the page and
watch the intro
STEP 8: Click the “click here to explore” button on the bottom right of the page and go to the map
STEP 9: Click on each of the 12 red dots and read about each of the locations. Answer the following
questions as you go
1. This was a large Earthquake in Alaska that was felt hundreds of miles away by the town of
____________________.
2. The _______ magnitude earthquake was caused by __________________ activity at the plate
boundary.
3. List four other places where this type of plate activity is occurring.
10. Describe how the Hawaiian Islands were formed and draw a picture.
11. The tallest mountain in the world it _______________ and is part of the _____________mountain
range that has been formed by ________________ of ____________ plate and
_______________plate.
13. What are the four main types of plate movement and what geologic features do each of them form?