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LITHOSPHERIC PLATES

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.

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LITHOSPHERIC PLATES

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  1. LITHOSPHERIC PLATES Lithosphereconsists 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?

  2. Prentice Hall Page 256 Color the Plate Tectonics Map using a different color for each plate

  3. Types of plate boundaries • Convergent (green) • Divergent (red) • Transform (blue)

  4. Read PH Chapter 9.3Pages 258-264 Answer questions 1-7 in complete sentences in your NB.

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