Upload
orla-spence
View
21
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Plate Tectonics. What is Plate Tectonics. The Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called plates These plates move around on top of the asthenosphere like rafts. Lithosphere. The crust and part of the upper mantle = lithosphere - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
What is Plate TectonicsWhat is Plate Tectonics
• The Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called plates
• These plates move around on top of the asthenosphere like rafts
LithosphereLithosphere
• The crust and part of the upper mantle = lithosphere
–Less dense than the material below it so it “floats”
AsthenosphereAsthenosphere
• The “plastic” layer below the lithosphere
• The plates of the lithosphere float on the asthenosphere
2 Types of Plates2 Types of Plates
• Ocean plates - plates below the oceans
• Continental plates - plates below the continents
Divergent BoundariesDivergent Boundaries
• Boundary between two plates that are moving apart or rifting
Convergent BoundariesConvergent Boundaries
• Boundaries between two plates that are colliding
• There are 3 types…
Type 1Type 1• Ocean plate colliding with a
less dense continental plate• Subduction : occurs where the
more dense plate slides under the less dense plate
Type 2Type 2
• Ocean plate colliding with another ocean plate
• The more dense plate slides under the less dense plate creating a subduction zone called a TRENCH
Type 3Type 3
• A continental plate colliding with another continental plate–a place where folded and thrust
faulted mountains form.
Transform Fault BoundariesTransform Fault Boundaries
• Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
• EARTHQUAKES along faults
Questions...Questions...
• What are the three types of boundaries?
• What direction do plates go for each?
• Which boundary has a subduction zone…what occurs at a subduction zone?
Convection CurrentsConvection Currents
• Hot magma in the Earth moves toward the surface, cools, then sinks again.
• Creates convection currents beneath the plates that cause the plates to move.
New sea-floor is produced at what New sea-floor is produced at what type of boundary?type of boundary?
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. transfo
rm
D. I
don’t kn
o...
0 000
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. transform
D. I don’t know
Mt. Everest was produced by this Mt. Everest was produced by this type of plate boundary.type of plate boundary.
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. transfo
rm
D. I
Don’t Kno...
0 000
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. transform
D. I Don’t Know