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This activity from PBS provides a model of the plates that make up Earth's crust using the cracked shell of a hard-boiled egg.  The "Plate Tectonics activity" opens a window that shows top and side views of four tectonic plates.  Each of these plates can be moved with the mouse, with the resulting changes in Earth's crust shown.   Links provide an overview of plate tectonics and descriptions of four different kinds of plate boundaries.
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Keywords:
Earth, crust, mantle, paleontology, plate boundaries, plate tectonics, plates
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Metadata instance created May 28, 2008 by Ann Deml
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May 28, 2008 by Ann Deml
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AIP Format
(Public Broadcasting Service, Arlington, 1998), WWW Document, (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/).
AJP/PRST-PER
You Try It: Plate Tectonics (Public Broadcasting Service, Arlington, 1998), <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/>.
APA Format
You Try It: Plate Tectonics. (1998). Retrieved April 29, 2024, from Public Broadcasting Service: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/
Chicago Format
Public Broadcasting Service. You Try It: Plate Tectonics. Arlington: Public Broadcasting Service, 1998. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/ (accessed 29 April 2024).
MLA Format
You Try It: Plate Tectonics. Arlington: Public Broadcasting Service, 1998. 29 Apr. 2024 <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/>.
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@misc{ Title = {You Try It: Plate Tectonics}, Publisher = {Public Broadcasting Service}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {29 April 2024}, Year = {1998} }
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