PPT-✄ Tectonic Plates (without continents)

North American Eurasian African Australian Antarctic Pacific N Amer South American Pacific Juan de Fuca Nazca Philippine Caribbean Indian Arabian Scotia Cocos . 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). 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. How 2 continents fell in love…and created a big, beautiful world. . By: Carla Vigil. SS-EP-4.1.2. Students will use geographic tools to identify major landforms (e.g., continents, mountain ranges), bodies of water (e.g., oceans, major rivers) and natural resources on Earth’s surface and use relative location. It is difficult for scientists to estimate the exact amount. How do they Move?. Plates move by floating on top of the Upper mantle (Asthenosphere). The plates move in a certain direction based on the flow of magma beneath them. Video on Earth 1 million years from now. Theory of Continental Drift. Alfred Wegener . wrote . about his hypothesis of . continental . drift . in the 1900s. .. Continental drift.  is the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations. . 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?. (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 . 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 . 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.. 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. 1. What is Wegener’s hypothesis?. That all of the continents were once joined together is a single landmass and have since drifted apart.. 2. Wegener’s idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth’s surface became known as….. TECTONIC PROCESSES AND HAZARDS REVISION SUMMARY Aim: To create summary mind maps for each sub section To look at some typical A level style questions Kilauea: Earthquakes follow eruptions from Hawaii volcano (May 5 “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. The use of personalised number plates, usually called private plates, has become more common among owners of vehicles in the United Kingdom.