Moving Plates Keyword: CONTINENTS

In 16 million years, plate tectonics will have moved Los Angeles north of San Francisco!

BrainPop: Plate Tectonics

Tim and Moby are your hosts at BrainPop. Watch and listen to their cartoon about plate tectonics. Then, click Bob the Ex-Lab Rat for an activity you can do with an adult, or click Cassie and Rita for a fun comic book. When you finish, you may also enjoy BrainPop's cartoon on Earth Structure.

		Questions How do the shapes of Africa and South America provide evidence for the existence of Pangaea? Describe three ways that continents can move at their plate boundaries.

Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker

Our friends at PBS have all sorts of interesting information to tell you about plate tectonics. If you have Shockwave installed on your computer, you can try a fun activity that shows plate tectonics in action. Then, read articles about the ways plate tectonics change Earth.

		Questions How is Earth like a cracked, hard-boiled egg? Where is Earth's longest mountain range? What action of plate tectonics occurs at this range? (HINT: This mountain range is not located on a continent!) Describe how plate tectonics created the Himalayas, the world's highest mountains.