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Plate Tectonics. Grade 4 Unit 8. Topics Covered:. Parts of the earth Heat transfer and crustal plates Tectonic plates Divergent, Convergent, & Transform Boundaries Hot spots. Let’s Look Inside the Earth. heat transfer. oceanic crust. mantle. continental crust. outer core. inner core.
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Plate Tectonics Grade 4 Unit 8
Topics Covered: • Parts of the earth • Heat transfer and crustal plates • Tectonic plates • Divergent, Convergent, & Transform Boundaries • Hot spots
Let’s Look Inside the Earth heat transfer oceanic crust mantle continental crust outer core inner core
Heat Transfers from Core to Mantle heat transfer oceanic crust mantle continental crust outer core inner core
Crustal Plates Move oceanic crust mantle continental crust outer core inner core
Continental & Oceanic Crust CONTINENTALCRUST OCEANIC CRUST
Tectonic Plates Pacific Plate Can you name the plate on which Hawai‘i is located?
Hot Spots O‘ahu Maui Hawai‘i Lō‘ihi solid dense rock hot spot photo courtesy USGS
Two Hot Spot Theories magma from a shallower depth magma from the earth’s core