Earth's Changing Surface · Earth & Space

Plate Tectonics and Volcanism

Students use models to explain how the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates creates mountains and volcanoes.

Key Questions

  1. 1What evidence suggests that the continents were once joined together?
  2. 2How does the movement of plates explain the location of earthquakes?
  3. 3What forces deep inside the Earth cause the crust to move?

Common Core State Standards

MS-ESS2-2MS-ESS2-3
Grade: 6th Grade
Subject: Science
Unit: Earth's Changing Surface
Period: Earth & Space

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