The lithosphere and the origin of continents
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Find the lithosphere plates map in the atlas and write the seven major plates in your notebook.
Pacific, North American, South American, Eurasian, African, Antarctic and Indo-Australian plates.
2
A Pamir peak is 4 500 m high. Which group would you put it in and why?
High mountains, because it is above 3 000 m.
3
The Mariana Trench is 10 935 m deep and Jomolungma is 8 849 m high. If Jomolungma were placed in the trench, how many metres below sea level would its summit be?
2086
4
Beruni was born in 973 and died in 1048. Wegener created his hypothesis in 1912. How many years passed from Beruni’s death to Wegener’s hypothesis?
864