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http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html Rock Cycle Interactive

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  1. http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html Rock Cycle Interactive Earthqake simulator http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/bridgetoclassroom/engineeringfor.html Stop Diasters Game http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/# Mountain Maker Earth Shaker

  2. Earth’s Continents What do Earth’s continents and people on floats have in common? People on Floats What makes them different?

  3. People on Rafts Both float. Both move. Both crash. Earth’s Continents Float on the cold hydrosphere Float on the hot mantle Move fast Move slow Bounce away Crush together

  4. Theory of Continental Drift Even though the theory of continental drift was proposed in 1912 by Alfred Wegener, the idea of moving continents wasn't generally accepted until the early 1960s. That's when Wegener's theory was resurrected by Harry Hess, Robert Dietz, Fred Vine, and Drummond Matthews who figured out The ensuing theory, known as plate tectonics, has had a major impact on Earth Sciences. It represents a scientific revolution as significant to geology as relativity was to physics.

  5. Theory of Continental Drift

  6. Lithosphere Rigid Upper Mantle Plastic Lower Mantle Rigid Outer Core Liquid Inner Core Solid

  7. Convection Currents in the Mantle Make Plates Move

  8. DO YOU KNOW? The mid-ocean ridges of the world are connected and form a single global mid-oceanic ridge system that is part of every ocean, making the mid-oceanic ridge system the longest mountain range in the world.

  9. Sea Floor Spreading

  10. Sea Floor Spreading • Mid Ocean Ridges – underwater mountain chains that run through the Earth’s Basins • Magma rises to the surface and solidifies and new crust forms • Older Crust is pushed farther away from the ridge

  11. Different Types of Boundaries

  12. Types of Plate Boundaries

  13. Divergent, Convergent or Transform?

  14. Divergent, Convergent or Transform?

  15. Divergent, Convergent or Transform?

  16. Divergent Boundary – Arabian and African Plates Arabian Plate Red Sea African Plate

  17. Divergent Boundary – Iceland http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html

  18. Divergent Boundary - Oceanic http://www.geology.com

  19. Divergent Boundary - Continental http://www.geology.com

  20. Convergent Boundary – Indian and Eurasian Plates Eurasian Plate Indian Plate

  21. Convergent Boundary – Oceanic & Continental http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html & http://www.geology.com

  22. Convergent Boundaries - Continental

  23. Transform Boundary – San Andreas Fault

  24. Major Volacanoes

  25. Major Earthquakes

  26. Major Mountain Ranges Eurasian Plate North American Plate Ural Rockies Alps Appalachian Himalayas Arabian Plate Pacific Plate Atlas Indian Plate Philippine Plate Caribbean Plate Cocos Plate African Plate Pacific Plate Andes Great Rift Valley Nazca Plate Australian Plate Eastern Highlands SouthAmerican Plate Antarctic Plate

  27. Review • Name the 3 main layers of the Earth • What is a tectonic plate? • What was Pangea? • What is Sea-Floor spreading? • Name the three different types of plate boundaries and one location on Earth for each one

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