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Web Sites in Category Plate Movements
An Introduction to Plate Tectonics - Find out how and why certain plates move and learn some of the theories that scientists have used to explain these movements.
CVO Website - Plate Tectonics and Sea-Floor Spreading - Learn what the Ring of Fire is, along with further information on the theory of plate tectonics and how it has contributed toward the formation of mountains.
Paleomap Project - Contains an online archive of images of the Earth from the late Precambrian era over 60 million years ago. Features information on climate history and research.
Plate Tectonics - Tectonic plates are section pieces of the Earth's lithosphere. This activity demonstrates where earthquakes and volcanoes form at the cracks between plate edges.
Quia - Java Games - Contains games and activities that help users learn some terms related to the study of plate tectonics and continental drift.
The ABC's of Plate Tectonics - Offers an analysis on the some of the principles behind 'plate tectonics' including how rift zones develop and how the structural properties of land masses produce certain collisions.
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