World Map Outline With Tectonic Plates
The world outline map displays the continents the political boundaries of countries within those continents and the lines of latitude and longitude.
World map outline with tectonic plates. Plate tectonics from the late latin. As they move only inches every year and depending on the direction of that movement they collide forming deep ocean trenches mountains volcanoes and generating earthquakes. A copy of the continents that have been cut out from the world map outline above to be used as puzzle pieces i copied them on cardstock so they puzzle pieces are thicker. See all the continents using one projection with different positions.
See all the continents using one projection with different positions. Locations where plates collide convergent boundaries are shown in red. Of the planet earth is divided into seven continents. Locations where plates are spreading divergent boundaries are shown in yellow.
Continents land makes up 30 of the earth s surface. Tectonic plates the crust of our planet is cracked into seven large and many other smaller slabs of rock called plates averaging about 50 miles thick. The printable map is a useful practice and. Map showing the world as it looks from space.
The different tectonic plates this map displays tectonic plates all shaded differently and the continents and oceans which constitute those tectonic plates. A copy of the world map outline for each group i laminated mine so i could use them again in the future. The continents all differently colored in this map are. The direction of the.
Pertaining to building is a scientific theory describing the large scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of the earth s lithosphere since tectonic processes began on earth between 3 3 and 3 5 billion years ago the model builds on the concept of continental drift an idea developed during the first decades of the 20th century the. The physical landmass of the world i e. They are africa north america south america europe australia asia and antarctica it being the. Tectonicus from the ancient greek.