Earth's Crust and Geological Processes · Earth & Space

Plate Tectonics and Sudden Change

Investigating how the movement of lithospheric plates causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do we know the continents were once joined together if we weren't there to see it?
  2. 2What causes the ground to shake during an earthquake?
  3. 3How does the movement of plates create new seafloor while destroying old crust?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Earth and Space Systems - Grade 7
Grade: Grade 7
Subject: Science
Unit: Earth's Crust and Geological Processes
Period: Earth & Space

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