PLATE TECTONICSPLATE TECTONICSTHEORY OF PLATE THEORY OF PLATE

TECTONICSTECTONICSLIST FOUR FEATURES CAUSED BY LIST FOUR FEATURES CAUSED BY PLATE TECTONICSPLATE TECTONICSDEFINE:DEFINE:

CONVERGECONVERGEDIVERGEDIVERGETRANSFORMTRANSFORMPLATEPLATEPLATE TECTONICSPLATE TECTONICSLITHOSPHERELITHOSPHEREASTHENOSPHEREASTHENOSPHERECONVECTION CURRENTCONVECTION CURRENT

PLATE TECTONICSPLATE TECTONICSTHEORY OF PLATE TECTONICSTHEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING OUTLINE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING OUTLINE ON THE THEORY OF PLATE ON THE THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS.TECTONICS.

I. I. A NEW THEORYA NEW THEORY

A.A. IN THE 1960’S, A NEW THEORY CALLED _________ WAS IN THE 1960’S, A NEW THEORY CALLED _________ WAS DEVELOPED.DEVELOPED.

B.B. EARTH’S __________ AND PART OF THE _______ ARE BROKEN IN EARTH’S __________ AND PART OF THE _______ ARE BROKEN IN SECTIONS CALLED ________, THAT MOVE SLOWLY.SECTIONS CALLED ________, THAT MOVE SLOWLY.

II. DETAILS ABOUT THE THEORYII. DETAILS ABOUT THE THEORY

A.A. THE LAYER OF EARTH THAT IS BROKEN INTO SECTIONS IS THE LAYER OF EARTH THAT IS BROKEN INTO SECTIONS IS CALLED THE ___________________.CALLED THE ___________________.

B.B. THE _______________ IS THE PLASTICLIKE LAYER BELOW THE THE _______________ IS THE PLASTICLIKE LAYER BELOW THE _______________._______________.

C.C. THE RIGID PLATES MOVE OVER THE _____________________.THE RIGID PLATES MOVE OVER THE _____________________.

PLATE TECTONICS PLATE TECTONICS THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICSTHEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS

COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE DIFFERENT PLATE BOUNDARIES BY DIFFERENT PLATE BOUNDARIES BY DEFINING THEM SIDE BY SIDE. DEFINING THEM SIDE BY SIDE. DRAW THE PLATES OF THE WORLD. DRAW THE PLATES OF THE WORLD. IDENTIFY PLATE MOTION BY USING IDENTIFY PLATE MOTION BY USING ARROWS. ARROWS.

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CONVERGENTCONVERGENT TRANSFORTRANSFORMM

DRAW THE PLATE OF THE WORLD. DRAW THE PLATE OF THE WORLD. IDENTIFY PLATE MOTION BY IDENTIFY PLATE MOTION BY USING ARROWSUSING ARROWS

PLATE TECTONICSPLATE TECTONICSTHEORY OF PLATE TECTONICSTHEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS

ORGANIZE INFORMATION TO ORGANIZE INFORMATION TO DESCRIBE FEATURES CAUSED DESCRIBE FEATURES CAUSED BY PLATE TECTONICS. FILL IN BY PLATE TECTONICS. FILL IN THE CHART BELOW.THE CHART BELOW.

FEATUREFEATURE DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION

RIFT RIFT VALLEYVALLEY

FOLDED AND FOLDED AND FAULTED FAULTED MOUNTAINSMOUNTAINS

STRIKE- STRIKE- SLIP SLIP FAULTSFAULTS