Plate Tectonics Mrs. Anton. Continental Drift Caused By Plate Tectonics.
PLATE TECTONICS
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If you look at a map of the world, you may notice that some of the continents could fit together like pieces of a puzzle.
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So how do convection currents cause plate movements?
As semi-molten rock in the mantle is heated it becomes less dense than its surroundings and rises.
As it reaches the crust above, it spreads out carrying the plates above with it.
As the semi-molten rock then cools, it gradually sinks back down to be re-heated.
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The Earth’s crust is divided into 8 major plates which are moved in
various directions.
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WHAT ARE TECTONIC PLATES MADE OF?• Plates are made
of rigid lithosphere.The lithosphere is made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
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CONTINENTAL DRIFT
Alfred Wegener 1900’scontinents were once a single land mass that drifted apart atop a liquid core.
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EVIDENCE OF PANGEA
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WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM
WITH CONTINENTAL
DRIFT THEORY?
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SEA FLOOR SPREADING
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SEA FLOOR SPREADING• Mid Ocean Ridges – underwater mountain
chains that run through the Earth’s Basins• Magma rises to the surface and solidifies and
new crust forms• Older Crust is pushed
farther away from the ridge
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OCEANIC CRUST IS
MORE DENSE THAN
CONTINENTAL CRUST
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LITHOSPHERE IS BROKEN INTO TECTONIC
PLATES
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But why do tectonic
plates move?