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Plate Tectonics
8th Grade Science
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Earth’s Composition
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Tectonic Plates
-Pieces of lithosphere that move around on asthenosphere
-Earth’s lithosphere is broken into about 19 pieces
-Fit like pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle
-Some plates contain only continental crust, some have only oceanic crust, some have both
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Map of Tectonic Plates
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Tectonic Plate Close-Up
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Mapping Earth’s Interior
-Seismic waves – earthquake waves
-Travel through different densities & materials at different speeds
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Alfred Wegener
-Proposed Theory of Continental Drift
-idea of once giant landmass (Pangaea) that broke & drifted to present locations.
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Evidence for Pangaea
-Continents seem to “fit” together.
-Fossils of same plant & animal species found on opposite sides of oceans.
-Same types of rocks & layers found on coasts on opposite sides of oceans.
-Evidence of same climactic conditions on several continents.
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Fossil Evidence
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Pangaea & its Break Up
-245 mya
-existed while some of the earliest dinosaurs roamed.
-Continents “broke” over time
-Drifted to current locations
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Sea-Floor Spreading
-Tectonic plates move away from each other
-New oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises up & solidifies.
-Older crust gets pushed further away.
-Happens at Mid-Ocean Ridges.
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Evidence for Sea-Floor Spreading
-Records of magnetic reversal in ocean floor.-when Earth’s poles change, polarity of poles change.
-Molten rock at ridges contain grains of magnetic material (iron) – act like little compasses.
-Creates bands of grains pointing in opposite directions – bands are light/dark.
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Magnetic Reversal
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Plate Boundaries
-Places where tectonic plates meet.
-3 types: convergent, divergent, transform
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Convergent Boundaries
-2 plates collide or converge
-3 types of convergent boundaries:
1. continental/continental – mountains form
2. continental/oceanic – subduction zones –
volcanoes form
3. oceanic/oceanic – subduction – volcanoes
-Subduction – sliding of one plate under another
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Divergent Boundaries
-2 plates separate or diverge
-As they separate, magma rises to fill the gap
-Forms mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys
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Transform Boundaries
-2 plates slide past each other horizontally
-Plates grind & jerk as they slide
-Produces earthquakes
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Why do the Plates move?
-CONVECTION CURRENTS in the MANTLE!!!
-hot magma from deep inside Earth rises.
-cools as it rises.
-sinks back into deep Earth as it cools.
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Convection
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Pangaea Ultima?
-Due to plate motion, the continents will continue to drift……
-One leading theory now is that they will all reunite into a giant landmass they call Pangaea Ultima.
-Let’s take a look…..
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Pangaea Ultima