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Earth ScienceEarth Science
Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Plate Plate
TectonicsTectonics
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Earth's InteriorEarth's Interior The three main layers of Earth are the The three main layers of Earth are the crustcrust, ,
the the mantlemantle, and the , and the corecore..
Layers of the Earth are similar to the layers in a hardboiled egg!!
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Earth’s Earth’s CrustCrust
Typically, oceanic crust is composed of the more dense igneous rock, basalt. The continental crust is composed of the less dense granite. When they collide, the oceanic crust sinks below the continental crust.
Oceanic crust & Continental crust is less dense than the mantle and “floats” on top of the mantle.
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Convection and the MantleConvection and the Mantle There are three types of heat transfer: radiation, conduction, and
convection. Convection currents move because hotter material is less dense
than cooler material and will rise/float. Cooler material is more dense & sinks.
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Continental DriftContinental Drift Wegener's hypothesis
was that all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart.
Alfred Wegener
Pangaea – the super continent
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Evidence of Continental DriftEvidence of Continental DriftAlfred Wegener identified: 1. Continents fit 1. Continents fit
together like the pieces together like the pieces to a to a puzzlepuzzle
2. 2. Fossil evidenceFossil evidence of of dinosaurs and dinosaurs and prehistoric plants prehistoric plants
3. 3. Geologic rockGeologic rock and and sedimentssediments
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Sea-Floor SpreadingSea-Floor Spreading The longest chain of
mountains in the world is the system of mid-ocean ridges.
In sea-floor spreading, the sea floor spreads apart along both sides of a mid-ocean ridge as new crust is added. As a result, the ocean floors move like conveyor belts, carrying the continents along with them.
Evidence supported the theory of sea-floor spreading: eruptions of molten material, magnetic stripes in the rock of the ocean floor, and the ages of the rocks themselves.
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The Theory of Plate The Theory of Plate TectonicsTectonics The theory of plate tectonics explains the
formation, movement, and subduction of Earth's plates.
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Plate Plate TectonicsTectonics
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Plate BoundariesPlate Boundaries There are three kinds of plate boundaries: Divergent: spreading boundaries Convergent: colliding boundaries Transform: sliding boundaries.
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Divergent BoundariesDivergent Boundaries The place where two plates move apart Sea Floor Spreading: most spreading boundaries
occur at the mid-ocean ridge. A deep valley called a rift valley forms along the
spreading boundary
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Convergent Convergent BoundariesBoundaries
Continental – ContinentalContinental – Continental Oceanic – OceanicOceanic – Oceanic Continental - OceanicContinental - Oceanic
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Transform BoundariesTransform Boundaries AKA AKA Strike-SlipStrike-Slip Boundaries Boundaries
The San Andreas fault
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