Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Flip Book

How to make your flip book:

  1. Place four pieces of 8 ½ ” x 11” computer paper in a stack with long edges aligned and short edges staggered about 3 cm apart. This should create 3 tabs.
  2. Fold top edges over and leave 3 cm from top tab to folded edge. After folding the pieces over, you should have a top flap with 7 tabs underneath.
  3. Crease and staple the binding at the top.

Label your tabs:

  1. Label the top flapPlate Tectonics Vocab. Also include your name, block, and teacher.
  2. Tab 1 is directly below the top flap/title page. Label this tab General Science Terms
  3. Label tab 2 Layers of the Earth & Plate Tectonics Theory
  4. Label tab 3 Plate Boundaries & Landforms
  5. Label tab 4 Plate Movement & Continental Growth
  6. Label tab 5 Earthquakes
  7. Label tab 6 Volcanoes

Complete your tabs: You may use your textbook (best definitions) or the internet to help you define and illustrate these terms.

  1. In tab 1 number, list and define the following terms: cross section, components, relative to, dynamic, theory, subjected to, ascend, descend, originate(9 words total). Choose 3 of these words and illustrate them.
  1. In tab 2 number list and define the following terms: lithosphere, asthenosphere, continental drift, plate tectonics theory, seafloor spreading, geosphere (6 words total). Draw a picture of seafloor spreading.
  1. In tab 3 number, list and define the following terms: divergent boundary, rifts, rift valley, convergent boundary, subduction zone/boundary, deep sea trench, collision boundary, transform boundary (8 words total). Draw arrows to represent the plate movement at the 5 types of boundaries you just defined.
  1. In tab 4 number, list and define the following terms: slab pull, ridge push, convection, super continent, Pangea, craton, hot spot (7 words total). Give 2 examples of U.S. hot spots. Describe convection using density.
  1. In tab 5 number, list and define the following terms: earthquake, fault, epicenter, focus, P-waves, S-waves, body waves, surface waves (L-waves), seismograph, liquefaction (10 words total). Illustrate the motion/direction of the different waves you just defined.
  1. In tab 6 number, list and define the following terms: volcano, viscosity, pyroclastic material/flow, shield volcano, cinder volcano, composite volcano, lahar, caldera (8 words total). Draw a picture of the three types of volcanoes you defined.