Plate Tectonics

Lesson 2

Continental Drift and Major Plates

Objectives

Explain the continental drift theory. Name and locate the major plates & plate margins. Name and locate the Caribbean & adjacent plate Draw simple diagrams of each plate margins. Describe each plate margin Identify the landforms associated with each plate margin. Explain the formation and distribution of earthquakes,

volcanoes and fold mountains globally and in the Caribbean.

Continental Drift

The continental drift theory states that about 200 million years ago all the continents were joined together into one large super continent known as Pangaea.

Due to plate movement over time these continents moved away from each other to form the continents that we know today.

Websites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRmvgrAeCbo&feature=related

http://www.suu.edu/faculty/colberg/hazards/platetectonics/18_Pangaea.html

The continents we know today

Distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes

Location of Plates

EurasianPlate

Arabian Plate

Philippine Plate

AfricanPlate

Antarctica Plate

Juan de Fuca Plate

Pacific Plate

Cocos Plate

NazcaPlate

South American Plate

CaribbeanPlate

North American Plate

Australian-Indian Plate

Caribbean Plate