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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics. Earth’s Layers Earth’s Crust The Lithosphere Continental Drift Thermal Convection Earth’s Plates 7 Major Plates How Plate Tectonics Works Plate Boundaries Divergent Margins Convergent Margins Transform Boundaries Hotspots. TeachWithFergy Preview File.

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Plate Tectonics

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  1. Plate Tectonics • Earth’s Layers • Earth’s Crust • The Lithosphere • Continental Drift • Thermal Convection • Earth’s Plates • 7 Major Plates • How Plate Tectonics Works • Plate Boundaries • Divergent Margins • Convergent Margins • Transform Boundaries • Hotspots

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  3. Earth’s Layers • Crust • .................... • __________ • Mantle • __________ • From crust to 2900 km (1800 miles) beneath surface • Core • From mantle to center of Earth • __________ • ....................

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  5. Earth’s Crust • Two types • Continental • Includes land masses and continental shelves • __________ • Oceanic • Includes ocean basins • __________ Continental Oceanic

  6. The Lithosphere • __________ • .................... • Hard, not malleable • __________ • Increasing heat makes the rocks of the asthenosphere weaker and more malleable • ....................

  7. Continental Drift • .................... • He proposed that the continents had once been connected into one large continent • __________ • .................... • But he couldn’t say how

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  9. Continental Drift • Wegener’s proposed mechanisms • .................... • Gravity of Sun and moon • __________ • Continental drift was dismissed by scientists of the time • __________

  10. Thermal Convection • __________ • .................... • Lower temperature at the surface cools the substance and it sinks again • __________ • ....................

  11. Earth’s Plates • __________ • Plates move relative to one another • Plates move about 5-10 cm (2-4 in) per year • ....................

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  13. Earth’s Plates • 7 Major Plates • __________ • .................... • Eurasian • __________ • Indo-Australian • __________ • Antarctic

  14. Earth’s Plates • 7 Intermediate Plates • Arabian • Caribbean • __________ • __________ • __________ • Philippine Sea • ....................

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  16. Plate Boundaries • Where plates interact • __________ • Plates move away from one another • .................... • __________ • __________ • Plates slide past each other

  17. Divergent Margins • .................... • Magma rises to fill the space left by diverging plates • __________ • .................... • Land masses at divergent boundaries are higher than the new crust • __________ • Wider rifts lead to thinner and thinner crust, eventually leading to the formation of a new ocean • __________

  18. Divergent Margins

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  21. Convergent Margins • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • .................... • __________

  22. Convergent Margins • .................... • __________ • Ocean floor rocks <200 million years old • Continental rocks >4 billion years old • Eventually, subducted material heats up and mixes back in with the mantle • __________

  23. Convergent Margins • .................... • __________ • Both oceanic plates: island arc • Subducting plate can also move backwards, causing the overlying plate to stretch, forming a basin behind the arc • __________

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  26. Convergent Margins • When continental plates meet, mountains are formed • __________ • .................... • Subduction is a third mechanism of mountain building • __________

  27. Convergent Margins

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  29. Transform Boundaries • __________ • Plate edges rough • Can get stuck to one another temporarily • ....................

  30. Hotspots • __________ • .................... • __________ • Heat plumes, independent of plate above (stationary) • Volcano formed, then plate moves, carrying volcano away from plume • Another volcano then forms • First volcano erodes over time and sinks beneath the surface

  31. Hotspots

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  34. Check Your Understanding • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________ • __________

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