Saturday, September 13, 2014

Plate Tectonics: Moving & Shaking (Week 4) Sept.15 - 19


·         Tectonic Plate Motion & the Rock Cycle
o   Vocabulary: Uplift, Subsidence, Rift Zone



o   How do tectonic plate motions affect the rock cycle?

·         Theory of Plate Tectonics
o   Describe:
§  Continental Drift & Pangaea- Alfred Wegener (1912)
§  Tectonic Plate
§  Theory of Plate Tectonics (1960s)

·         Tectonic Plates
o   Major Tectonic Plates:
o   Properties of Tectonic Plates
o   Compare Continental & Oceanic Crust
§  Describe how tectonic plate movements affect the topography of the earth.
Photo: Mosque and farms in Eritrea
Photo: Volcano crater in Ethiopia
Photo: Bighorn Basin in Wyoming

·         Plate Boundaries
o   Convergent
o   Divergent
o   Transform

·         Tectonic Plate Motion
o   What causes Tectonic Plate Movement?
§  Mantle Convection
§  Ridge Push
§  Slab Pull
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