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Name________________________ Date__________________ Color__________________ Earth Computer Scavenger Hunt 1. Website: www.answers.com Type the following words into the blank line at the top of the website and hit enter. After hitting enter the definition of each word will be given to you. Record the definition in your own words in the second column. Word Definition in your own words Lithosphere Hydrosphere Atmosphere After recording the definition of each of the words in the chart above draw a diagram of the earth including each part in the space provided below. Be sure to label all three words in your diagram. Focusing on the lithosphere! 2. Website: http://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/lithosphere/ Copy the diagram from the website onto your paper in the space provided below. Label the layers of the earth. The lithosphere contains the 2 outermost layers, circle those two. 3. Website: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/images/lithosphere.gif Use the picture provided to answer the questions below. What are the two types of crust? _______________________________________________ Which of the two types of crust are thicker? _______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 4. Website: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/geophys/mineral.html The Earth’s crust is composed of many minerals. Use this website to record at least 5 minerals that are in the Earth’s crust. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 5. Website: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html Use the information provided below the picture to answer the questions. What is a tectonic plate? ______________________________________________________ The lithosphere is divided into how many major tectonic plates? _______________________ List the names of at least 4 of the major plates? ____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ How fast are the Earth’s tectonic plates moving? ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ What is a plate boundary? _____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
