PPT-Tectonic plate

Noun The pieces of the Earths crust that float on the mantle causing continental drift and earthquakes and creating volcanoes trenches and mountains The Earths crust is divided into . Structure of the Earth. The Earth is made up of 3 main layers:. Core. Mantle. Crust. Inner core. Outer core. Mantle. Crust. The Crust. This is where we live!. The Earth’s crust is made of:. Continental Crust. Evolution of the Earth. Cracks in the Earth’s Crust. The . crust. , when it is solid, acts as a . heat insulator. for the hot interior of the Earth.. The molten material in the mantle, . magma. , below the crust builds up tremendous heat and pressure. . One moves oil, while the other builds mountains. Which can do more work?. Supertanker . Tectonic Plate . Mass - 2 x 10. 8. kg. Velocity - 8 m/s. Mass - 3 x 10. 20. kg. Velocity - 1 x 10. -9. m/s. One Theories Journey . Continental drift -- One theory's journey. . Today, you might be laughed out of a geology course for questioning whether continents move through geologic time. But 75 years ago, only skeptics believed that continents could take a hike. Talk about conventional . Standard . S6E5.d . Recognize that lithospheric plates constantly move and cause major geological events on the earth’s surface.. What You Will Learn. Describe the three types of tectonic plate boundaries. . The Most Amazingly Radical Tectonic Area Project . M.A.R.T.A.. Skype Session . With Ranger Mike from Yellowstone National Park kicked off the project.. He spoke to students about how important what goes on inside the Earth is to Yellowstone.. Finding Euler poles. T. ransform faults. Spreading center rates. Slip vectors from earthquakes along the boundary. Geodetic measurements . . (GPS, VLBI). Euler poles. North America. Pacific. Cocos. Nazca. Tectonic Theory . Jessica Wilsey. A UDL lesson plan. What is plate . tectonic theory?. Plate tectonics . is a . theory. that describes the movements of the Earth’s . lithosphere. . . The lithosphere is made of 8 major plates and many minor plates. . Why do people live in tectonic areas and how are the possible effects being managed?. Why do people live in tectonic areas?. In pairs discuss: . Which area of the world has the highest number of people potentially affected by tectonic activity?. What to do: identify the features in the photos, make notes about landforms, describe and explain case studies . Levelled Objectives. . (What are we learning?). L1. identify tectonic landforms. L2. describe & explain landforms. Volcanism is mostly focused at plate margins. Pacific Ring of Fire. This map shows the margins of the Pacific tectonic plate and surrounding region. The red dots show the location of active volcanism. Notice how the majority of the volcanism is focused in lines along the plate boundaries? For this region is the area known as the “Pacific Ring of Fire”.. Turner – Skiff Mountain Tectonic Unit. Turner – Skiff Mountain Tectonic Unit. Turner – Skiff Mountain Tectonic Unit. Background. Walton and deWaard, basement hypothesis, 1962,. n. ow discredited.. (Lesson 22). ENQUIRY QUESTION 3:. How successful is the . management. of tectonic hazards and disasters?. H/W :TASK 4. Read the information . (Hodder page 90 in this booklet) . about two recent tectonic mega disasters : . Earthquakes. Earthquakes occur throughout the world but predominately on. plate boundaries. . For example the San Andreas Fault, a conservative plate margin. Furthermore, earthquakes also occur on the constructive plate boundaries of the Mid- Atlantic Ridge, although these are not as severe.