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Tectonic Quest

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COMBINED RATING

3.7 Stars

TEACHERS (6)

4.3

STUDENTS (885)

3.1

LENGTH

20 Minutes

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Description

Embark on an educational adventure with Milo, a curious explorer uncovering the secrets of Earth's dynamic forces. Navigate through diverse environments—from mid-ocean ridges to ancient fossil sites—while solving puzzles and overcoming challenges inspired by geology and plate tectonics. Along the way, collect samples, analyze fossils, and witness the incredible processes that shape our planet. This game combines science and exploration, making Earth's story come alive. Will you uncover the mysteries hidden beneath the surface?

Vocabulary Words

fossils

plate tectonics

divergent

convergent

transforms

earthquakes

subduction

continental drift

mantle

Pangea

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Plate Tectonics. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

At a transform plate boundary, tectonic plates slide relative to each other.

At a divergent plate boundary, tectonic plates move away from each other.

At a convergent plate boundary, tectonic plates move towards each other.

A mid-ocean ridge is a divergent plate boundary where new ocean crust forms through volcanic eruptions.

Most of the active volcanoes on Earth are located along tectonic plate boundaries.

Mountains can be formed from volcanic activity and tectonic plate collisions at plate boundaries.

Rocks and fossils provide evidence about the geologic environment, processes, and climate in which they were deposited, allowing geologists to reconstruct geologic history.

Seafloor spreading involves the formation of new ocean rock at a mid-ocean ridge that pushes older ocean rock away towards deep sea trenches, where it is destroyed.

Subduction occurs at a deep sea trench where two tectonic plates converge, forcing oceanic rock to sink into Earth's mantle.

The major tectonic plates are the Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, Pacific, North American, and South American plates.

The theory of plate tectonics explains how the continents have moved apart from one initial continental mass called Pangea.

The theory of plate tectonics is supported by consistent patterns of earthquake locations.

Folding, faulting, and breaking are geologic processes due to tectonic plate movement that cause physical changes in rocks.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What was Pangea? What are the seven continents on the Earth today?

After the Game

What are the types of plate boundaries? What theory explains the movement of the continents? What does the location of earthquakes tell scientists?

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Lexile Level

905

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