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Answer this on page 78 in your notebook: Mrs. Wilson, I still don’t get _________________. Could you explain it again?. Warm Up – Page 78. P-Waves – move back and forth and through liquids and solids S-Waves – move up and down and side to side and only through solids
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Answer this on page 78 in your notebook: • Mrs. Wilson, I still don’t get _________________. Could you explain it again? Warm Up – Page 78
P-Waves – move back and forth and through liquids and solids • S-Waves – move up and down and side to side and only through solids • By studying seismic waves, scientists realized the outer core is liquid 1
All the continents were once part of a supercontinent. The continents separated and drifted to their present locations over time. 10
He could not explain the mechanism that could move the continents 11
Geologic – fit of South America and Africa • Fossil – various fossils found in places where the animals could not have traveled by water • Climate – tropical climate fossils found in cold areas; glacier deposits in Africa 12
Mountains formed at oceanic-oceanic divergent plate boundaries 13
As plates diverge, the sea floor spreads – or becomes larger; on the other side of the world, plates subduct so that the earth does not get larger 14
Older rocks were farther from the ridge and younger rocks were near the ridge • The magnetic patterns in the rocks from the magnetic field reversals 15
Deep ocean trenches are created at subduction zones as the older piece of plate once again becomes part of the mantle 16
Oceanic crust – more dense – basalt • Continental crust – less dense - granite 17
The plate that is more dense will subduct under the less dense plate; trenches, volcanoes, and mountains can form 18
Divergent – two plates move away from each other • Convergent – two plates move towards each other • Transform –two plates slip past each other 19