Transcript Drill

Tuesday, April 12, 2016
A-Day
Objective: YWBAT review for the Chapter
7 test.
Drill: Describe how the asthenosphere
affects the tectonic plates.
Homework
TEST tomorrow
Answer
The asthenosphere is the soft
putty-like solid layer of the
mantle on which pieces of the
lithosphere move. Those pieces
are called tectonic plates. The
asthenosphere carries around
the tectonic plates through the
process of convection.
DiD you know…?
An arm of the Tethys
Sea, an ancient
ocean, opened to split
Pangaea in two. To
the north lay Europe,
North America,
Greenland, and Asia,
with South America,
Africa, India,
Australia, and
Antarctica to the
south.
Today’s Activities
Drill
Plate tectonics review sheet
Review questions pages 172,
176, & 180
Conclusion
Closure
Which layer of the Earth
contains tectonic plates?
Conclusion Answer
lithosphere