Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of...

Topic: Earth’s Features

Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Topic: Earth’s FeaturesEssential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Plate tectonicsThe lithosphere (crust) is divided into tectonic platesThe movement of these plates is what creates Earth’s crustal features

Topic: Earth’s FeaturesEssential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Types of boundariesA boundary is where 2 tectonic plates meet

Topic: Earth’s FeaturesEssential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Divergent BoundaryWhen tectonic plates move away from each otherCrustal features: mid ocean ridges, rifts

Great Rift Valley

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Topic: Earth’s FeaturesEssential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Convergent BoundaryWhen 2 continental plates collideCrustal features: mountains

The Himalayas

Topic: Earth’s FeaturesEssential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Convergent BoundaryWhen an ocean plate collides with a continental plate, the ocean plate sinks under the continental plate (subduction)

Crustal features: trenches and volcanic mountains

Topic: Earth’s FeaturesEssential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Transform BoundaryWhen 2 tectonic plates slide past each otherCrustal Features: faults and earthquakes

San Andreas Fault

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Topic: Earth’s FeaturesEssential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Plate tectonicsThe lithosphere (crust) is divided into tectonic platesThe movement of these plates is what creates Earth’s crustal features

What creates Earth’s features?

Topic: Earth’s FeaturesEssential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Types of boundariesA boundary is where 2 tectonic plates meet

What is a plate boundary?

Topic: Earth’s FeaturesEssential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Divergent BoundaryWhen tectonic plates move away from each otherCrustal features: mid ocean ridges, rifts

What crustal features are found at a divergent boundary?

Topic: Earth’s FeaturesEssential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Convergent BoundaryWhen 2 continental plates collideCrustal features: mountains

What crustal features are found at a convergent boundary?

Topic: Earth’s FeaturesEssential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Convergent BoundaryWhen an ocean plate collides with a continental plate, the ocean plate sinks under the continental plate (subduction)

Crustal features: trenches and volcanic mountains

What is subduction?

Topic: Earth’s FeaturesEssential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Transform BoundaryWhen 2 tectonic plates slide past each otherCrustal Features: faults and earthquakes

What crustal features are found at a transform boundary?

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Look at each question you wrote on your own, and answer each question in a complete sentence.-What creates Earth’s features?-What is a plate boundary?-What crustal features are found at a divergent boundary?-What crustal features are found at a convergent boundary?-What is subduction?-What crustal features are found at a transform boundary?