Plate Tectonics - Review for Final

(6.10C) Identify the major tectonic plates, including Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, Pacific, North American and South American.

(6.10 D) Describe how plate tectonics causes major geological events such as basins, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and mountain building.

(6.11A) Understand that gravity is the force that governs the motion of our Solar System.

Section 1- Complete the map by identifying the major plates.

Make a key and color the location of the boundaries on the map.  

Plates and Boundaries                  Why plates move? 

Section 2- Review the video about gravity.  Answer the questions below as you complete the “Test Yourself” section.

Gravity and Inertia

Section 3- Read the information about gravity and answer the following questions. 

Gravity facts
AGE in other planets       WEIGHT in other planets