Plate Tectonics Reading Article and Worksheet

This plate tectonics reading includes both print and Google Slides options to assign!

In this activity, students will:

• READ a 2-page text passage called “What is Plate Tectonics?”
• ANSWER 11 text-dependent and 3 critical thinking questions using information directly from the text. No prior knowledge is required.

Topics Covered:

• Lithosphere and asthenosphere
• Convection in the mantle tectonic plates
• Plate boundaries (and the basics of what happens at each)

Teacher Notes:

• Save time and copies! Make just one class set of the article and reuse them class-to-class! Students only write on their answer sheet.
• Includes an answer key.
• Related NGSS Standards: MS-ESS2-1 and MS-ESS2-2
• Please note: This plate tectonics reading is NOT editable.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
• NGSS MS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.

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