New Science eTextbook 4A (UPC)

1. What are the characteristics of the Earth’s crust? Is it a complete piece? 2  How is the Earth’s crust changing? What natural phenomena may it cause?

Plates of the Earth

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Arctic Ocean

Asia

Europe

North America

Atlantic Ocean

Hong Kong

Pacific Ocean

Africa

Pacific Ocean

South America

Indian Ocean

Oceania

Plate boundaries

Antarctica

2. Plates move slowly when magma in the mantle flows. What natural phenomena may plate movement and collision cause? Look at the pictures and explain. The plate boundaries were drawn in reference to the display board of the Stephen Hui Geological Museum at the University of Hong Kong.

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The ground shakes violently.

Magma gushes out of a volcano.

我發現 The crust is divided into and collision may cause Quick Check

of different sizes. Plate movement

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