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Poll

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Is the surface of the earth moving?

Yes

No

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Open Ended Question

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What are tectonic plates made from?

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After having discussed it with a partner, use illustrations to explainhow convection takes place in the mantle.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prfgw8uKXA8

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Quiz

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What are plates?

Areas of earth between the sea.

Countries and continents.

Slabs of rock under the earth and sea.

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How fast are the plates moving?

A metre per day.

A few centimetres per day.

As fast as an apple growing on a tree.

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What heats Earth's interior?

The sun

The Earth's crust

Nuclear power

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Earth’s plates move due to a convection cell in…

the Earth’s crust

the Earth’s mantle

the Earth's inner core

the Earth's outer core

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Material rising from the mantle reaches the surface and moves awayhorizontally.

True

False

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What happens at the ridges?

The material continues to cool and then sinks back down into the mantle at adeep sea trench.

The material gets hotter and then sinks back down into the mantle at a deep seatrench.

The material stays at the top and forms mountains.

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Open Ended Question

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How and why does "seafloor spreading" happen?

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