Activity 5: Fill me up!
Directions. Use the word bank to fill in the gaps in the passage below. Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.
Convection &
Convection current
Crust >
Earth's plates
Earthquakes
Plate tectonics
The surface layer of the earth is called the
This layer is
broken up into pieces called
These
"float" on
the mantle. Heat rising and falling inside the mantle creates current called
The
current move the
The movement of the earth's plate
This movem
Answer (1)
The surface layer of the earth is called the crust. This layer is broken up into pieces called Earth's plates. These plates "float" on the mantle. Heat rising and falling inside the mantle creates currents called convection currents. The convection currents move the Earth's plates. The movement of the earth's plates is called plate tectonics. This movement causes earthquakes.
