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Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics. Yes, the continents do move! (SC.7.E.6.5). Pre-assessment. 1. Earth’s mantle plays an important role in plate tectonics. Why is the mantle so important to this process? Earthquakes occur constantly in the mantle, which causes the plates to move.

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Plate tectonics

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  1. Plate tectonics Yes, the continents do move! (SC.7.E.6.5)

  2. Pre-assessment 1. Earth’s mantle plays an important role in plate tectonics. Why is the mantle so important to this process? • Earthquakes occur constantly in the mantle, which causes the plates to move. • The mantle is made up entirely of liquid rock, on which Earth’s crustal plates can float. • Heavy metals in the mantle set up strong magnetic fields that attract and repel Earth’s plates. • Temperature differences in the mantle set up convection currents that help to drive the movement of the plates.

  3. Pre-assessment 2. Two tectonic plates collide and one sinks beneath the other. What do you predict will form? • volcanoes • hurricanes • abyssal plains • mid-ocean ridges

  4. Brain Pop Movie: Plate tectonics Alternative interactive BBC video 1. Layers of the Earth • Crust • Mantle (convection) • Outer core (liquid) • Inner core (solid) 2. Types of plate movement • Divergent (sea floor spreading) • Convergent (mountains) • Transform (sliding)

  5. Tectonic Plates – Discovery Education Skill BuilderUse the menu on the right to explore Convergent Boundary Divergent Boundary Transform Boundary asdfasdfasSDF

  6. Identify the following as either a convergent, divergentor transformboundary!

  7. North American Plate and Eurasian Plates

  8. Indian and Eurasian Plates Eurasian Plate Indian Plate

  9. The San Andreas Fault

  10. Mid-Ocean ridges Arabian Plate African Plate

  11. Mountains

  12. Divergent Boundary!

  13. Divergent Boundary!

  14. Convergent Boundary!

  15. Convergent Boundary!

  16. Transform Boundary!

  17. Dance of the Plates Discovery Education Exploration

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