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Plate Tectonics

Explore the Earth's layers and the movement of crustal plates. Learn about heat transfer, divergent, convergent, & transform boundaries, and hot spots like Hawaii. Let's delve deep into the Earth's mysteries!

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Plate Tectonics

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  1. Plate Tectonics Grade 4 Unit 8

  2. Topics Covered: • Parts of the earth • Heat transfer and crustal plates • Tectonic plates • Divergent, Convergent, & Transform Boundaries • Hot spots

  3. Let’s Look Inside the Earth heat transfer oceanic crust mantle continental crust outer core inner core

  4. Heat Transfers from Core to Mantle heat transfer oceanic crust mantle continental crust outer core inner core

  5. Crustal Plates Move oceanic crust mantle continental crust outer core inner core

  6. Continental & Oceanic Crust CONTINENTALCRUST OCEANIC CRUST

  7. Tectonic Plates Pacific Plate Can you name the plate on which Hawai‘i is located?

  8. Divergent Plate Boundary

  9. Divergent Plate Boundary

  10. Convergent Plate Boundary

  11. Convergent Plate Boundary

  12. Transform Plate Boundary

  13. Transform Plate Boundary

  14. Hot Spots O‘ahu Maui Hawai‘i Lō‘ihi solid dense rock hot spot photo courtesy USGS

  15. Two Hot Spot Theories magma from a shallower depth magma from the earth’s core

  16. The End

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