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The word tectonics derives from the Greek tektonikos meaning pertaining to construction. Liz LaRosa for use with my 5. th. Grade Science Class . http://www.middleschoolscience.com. 2009 . Earth’s Layers. The Earth's rocky outer crust solidified billions of years ago, soon after the Earth formed. . Imagine the Earth as a hardboiled egg…………………….. The thin brittle shell is the crust that humans live on.. The thick jelly like white is the deep hot magma beneath the surface.. The yellow yolk is the core of the earth.. Earth habitable. ? . Earth is the only planet in the Solar System with plate tectonics. The outer crust of the Earth is broken up into regions known as tectonic plates. These are floating on top of the magma interior of the Earth and can move against one another. When two plates collide, one plate can go underneath another.. 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. . Zachary Gallegos. University of New Mexico / Mars One. Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Map. Plate Tectonics. Lithospheric plates sliding on the asthenosphere, above the mantle. Exists on Earth. Theory proposed in the early 1900’s. 4 Layers of the earth. 7 main plates of the earth. 3 main plate boundaries. 2 types of crust. 3 main features of plate tectonics (F.E.E.D). 3 main theorists and theories. Human interaction. Structure of the Earth. Beloussov. (1907-1990). Famous opponent of plate tectonics. Structural Geologist and Geodynamicist. Director of Geodynamics . Dept. , . Inst. of the Physics of the Earth. Member of Soviet Academy of Sciences (appointed 1953). Plate Tectonics. Became a theory in the 1960’s. Describes plate movements AND explains why they move. Plate Tectonics. Two types of crust: Oceanic and Continental. Plates are usually made of both. Chapter 5. 5.1 Vocabulary Terms. Continental drift. Pangaea. Fossil . Wegener’s Hypothesis (. pg. 164). In 1915, Wegener hypothesized that all the continents were once joined together in Pangaea about 300 million years ago and have since drifted apart.. www.iris.edu/ieb. Exercise: http://. www.iris.edu/hq/resource/african_mystery. How do earthquakes provide evidence of plate tectonics?. With a partner, choose a type of plate boundary:. Divergent. Convergent. Richard Palin, University of Oxford, UK;. M. Santosh, China University of Geosciences, Beijing (CUGB). University of Adelaide, Australia. Ortelius World Map . Typvs. Orbis . Terrarvm. , 1570.. Culmination of centuries of research. Structure of the Earth. What are the different layers of the Earth?. Structure of the Earth. Inner core. 6000. °C. Solid metal. Structure of the Earth. Outer core. 4500-6000. °C. Liquid metal. Structure of the Earth. http://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/Land/paleo.html. Animations. . On the move…. Plate Tectonics: . the rocky history of an idea. Ever notice that the shore lines of South America and Africa seem to fit together?. Enter . Silently. Grab Materials. Begin Do Now. Write in your planner for the week. Open your notebook to the front of page 17. . I Do (5 min) . Topic: . Earth. Front Page 17 Title: “How to Make a Concept Map”.