Plate Tectonics. Objectives 1. Know the different tectonic plates 2. Understand how the tectonic plates move 3. Understand what happens at the different.
Alfred Wegner - Continental Drift Hypothesis Alfred Wegener, a German climatologist, developed the Continental Drift hypothesis in 1915.
Plates of the Lithosphere. Pangaea – Giant supercontinent of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras Continental Drift – The breakup of Pangaea where plates moved.
Permian – 225 Million Years ago Triassic – 200 Million Years ago.
Reporting Category: Earth and Space
Plate Tectonics Jonathan Moss. Continental Drift Wegner’s theory- Wegner proposed that the continents were once joined together and through time separated.
Seats : period 3
Megan Gardner Samson Urban Dianna Cardenas THE SOLID EARTH.
PLATE TECTONICS AND BOUNDARIES. How do we know what the Earth is made of? Geophysical surveys: seismic, gravity, magnetics, electrical, Earth size and.
Plate Tectonics
PLATE TECTONICS AND BOUNDARIES
What happens at tectonic plate boundaries?
