plate tectonics
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Plate Tectonics
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Continental Drift
_________ proposed the theory that the crustal plates are moving over the mantle. This was supported by fossil and rock type evidence; also matching of coastline shapes.
Wegener
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What is Plate Tectonics?
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If you look at a map of the world, you may notice that some of the continents could fit together like pieces of a puzzle.
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Plate Tectonics
The Earth’s crust is divided into 12 major plates which are moved in various directions.
This plate motion causes them to collide, pull apart, or scrape against each other.
Each type of interaction causes a characteristic set of Earth structures or “tectonic” features.
The word, tectonic, refers to the deformation of the crust as a consequence of plate interaction.
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World Plates
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What are tectonic plates made of?
Plates are made of rigid lithosphere.
The lithosphere is made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
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What lies beneath the tectonic plates?
Below the lithosphere (which makes up the tectonic plates) is the asthenosphere.
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Plate Movement
“Plates” of lithosphere are moved around by the underlying hot mantle convection cells
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What happens at tectonic plate boundaries?
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Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Three types of plate boundary
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Plate Boundaries
Divergent Boundary – moving _____ Convergent Boundary – moving
________ Transform Fault Boundary – moving
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apart
together
sideways past each other
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Divergent boundary of two continental plates.
Creates a __________. Example: _____________rift valley East African Rift
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Spreading ridges As plates move apart new material is erupted to
fill the gap
Divergent Boundaries
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Iceland has a divergent plate boundary running through its middle
Iceland: An example of continental rifting
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There are three styles of convergent plate boundariesContinent-continent collisionContinent-oceanic crust collisionOcean-ocean collision
Convergent Boundaries
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Convergent boundary of two oceanic plates.
Creates an ________ and a _____. Example: _____island arc trench Japan
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When two oceanic plates collide, one runs over the other which causes it to sink into the mantle forming a subduction zone.
The subducting plate is bent downward to form a very deep depression in the ocean floor called a trench.
The worlds deepest parts of the ocean are found along trenches. E.g. The Mariana Trench is 11 km deep!
Ocean-Ocean Plate Collision
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Convergent boundary of an oceanic plate and a continental plate. Forms a _______ mountain range and a ______. Examples: _______ or _______
volcanictrench Cascades Andes
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Called SUBDUCTION
Continent-Oceanic Crust Collision
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Convergent boundary of two continental plates. Forms a ______ mountain range. Examples: ___________, Alps, ______________
folded HimalayasAppalachians
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Forms mountains, e.g. European Alps, Himalayas
Continent-Continent Collision
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Himalayas
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Where plates slide past each other
Transform Boundaries
Above: View of the San Andreas transform fault
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…what’s the connection?
Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics…
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Volcanism is mostly focused at plate margins
Pacific Ring of Fire
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- Subduction - Rifting - Hotspots
Volcanoes are formed by:
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Hot mantle plumes reaching the surface in the middle of a tectonic plate
What are Hotspot Volcanoes?
Photo: Tom Pfeiffer / www.volcanodiscovery.com
The Hawaiian island chain are examples of hotspot volcanoes.
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The tectonic plate moves over a fixed hotspot forming a chain of volcanoes.
The volcanoes get younger from one end to the other.
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…what’s the connection?
Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics…
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As with volcanoes, earthquakes are not randomly distributed over the globe
At the boundaries between plates, friction causes them to stick together. When built up energy causes them to break, earthquakes occur.
Figure showing the distribution of earthquakes around the globe
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Where do earthquakes form?
Figure showing the tectonic setting of earthquakes
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Plate Tectonics Summary
The Earth is made up of 3 main layers (core, mantle, crust)
On the surface of the Earth are tectonic plates that slowly move around the globe
Plates are made of crust and upper mantle (lithosphere)
There are 3 types of plate boundaries Volcanoes and Earthquakes are closely
linked to the margins of the tectonic plates
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Plate Boundaries Review
Places where plates move apart are called _____________ boundaries.
When continental plates diverge a ___________ is formed.
When two oceanic plates converge what is created? _________________
The Appalachians formed mainly from continental plate collisions and therefore are a __________ mountain range.
The force moving the plates is ____________ .Convection currents
divergent
rift valley
an island arc and a trench
folded