PPT-Tectonic Plates Haneen

Ghafoor 5 th hour 12916 Oceanic VS Continental Crust Oceanic Crust It is composed of several layers not including the overlying sediment Oceanic crust is about 6 km 4 miles thick. Gemma Dye. Why should we care about literacy?. Reading is the critical route to other subjects as well as a provider of wider opportunities for giving more and getting more from life and work. (‘Read On. Get On’ Save the Children). be done through a class discussion creating a mind map, students will then be questioned about the cause and effects of earthquakes. 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. 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. . Gemma Dye. Why should we care about literacy?. Reading is the critical route to other subjects as well as a provider of wider opportunities for giving more and getting more from life and work. (‘Read On. Get On’ Save the Children). (Noun). The . pieces of the Earth’s crust that float on the mantle. , causing continental drift and earthquakes and creating volcanoes, trenches, and mountains.. “The Earth’s crust is divided into . Plates. by. Katie . Lanoue. and Jeanine Brown. The Formation of a Theory. In 1915, a German scientist named Alfred Wegner came up with the theory of continental drift.. His hypothesis was that all the continents were once connected to form a supercontinent called Pangaea.. Unit 12.1. These observations lead him to come up with the . ___________________________. A very long time ago (~200 million years) the continents were joined together in a . ___________________. called . Divergent. Convergent. Transform. Three types of plate boundary. Spreading ridges. As plates move apart new material is erupted to fill the gap. Divergent Boundaries. Iceland has a divergent plate boundary running through its middle. Rocks, soils, minerals, sediments, magma. The Grand Canyon, AZ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwiiOjyfvAU. What are the layers of the Earth?. Layers of the Earth. Crust. - O, Si, Al . Mantle. - O, Si, Mg, Fe. Plate tectonic cycle . Plate tectonics -. What is plate tectonics?. Concept that features of the earth and earth phenomena (earthquakes, volcanoes) are caused by motion of plates of rigid lithosphere moving on a plastic asthenosphere. North. American. Eurasian. African. Australian. Antarctic. Pacific. N. Amer.. South American. Pacific. Juan. de Fuca. Nazca. Philippine. Caribbean. Indian. Arabian. Scotia. Cocos. ✄ . ⠠⠞⠑⠉⠞⠕⠝⠊⠉⠀⠠⠏⠇⠁⠞⠑⠎⠀⠐⠣⠾⠳⠞⠀⠉⠕⠝⠞⠔⠢⠞⠎⠐⠜. “What are tectonic plates?. Classifying the Layers. There are two ways to classify the layers of the Earth:. Compositional. (Chemical): classifies based on chemical properties (. ie. : elements). Physical. 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.