MS. BLUM’ Chapter 3: Lesson 1. Plate Tectonics Large plates of rock float around on lava.

MS. BLUM’

Chapter 3: Lesson 1

Plate Tectonics

Large plates of rock float around on lava

Fault Lines

Breaks in the earth’s crustThis is where earth quakes occur

A state with fault lines….

http://www.quake.ca.gov/gmaps/FAM/faultactivitymap.html

What it can cause…LandformsErosion

Fossils

Remains of plants or animals that lived long ago

Erosion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80mQC9BGuS0

Glaciers

Compact ice over land

Glacier

Sediment and Deltas

Sediment- mud and soil particles small enough for river water to carry

Deltas- flat plains of sediment

Deltas