LITHOSPHERIC PLATES

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LITHOSPHERIC PLATES. Lithosphere consists of the crust and the upper mantle. Earth’s crust is broken into pieces called plates These plates move/float on the asthenosphere . How do we know that the plates move?. Prentice Hall Page 256. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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LITHOSPHERIC PLATES•Lithosphere consists of the crust and the upper mantle.•Earth’s crust is broken into pieces called plates•These plates move/float on the asthenosphere.• How do we know that the plates move?

Prentice Hall Page 256

Color the Plate Tectonics Map using a different color for each plate

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Plates_tect2_en.svg

Types of plate boundaries

• Convergent (green)• Divergent (red)• Transform (blue)

Read PH Chapter 9.3Pages 258-264

Answer questions 1-7 in complete sentences in your NB.

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