Slide 1 Earthquakes Slide 2 (1) What causes earthquakes? It’s plate movement Movement in the crust causes stress– energy that slowly changes the shape of rock Earthquake–…

Slide 1 TECTONIC LANDSCAPES-Test 1 What do you need to be able to do to achieve A+? 1 Slide 2 Volcanoes and earthquakes occur in narrow belts (overall distribution). The…

Slide 1 Continental Drift- The Theory Slide 2 The Earth’s crust is broken into about 12 rigid plates, which slide over a semi-molten plastic layer of the mantle. Slide…

Slide 1 Earth Science: Plate Tectonics Slide 2 How do we see inside the Earth? Waves Seismic waves Seismology –Study & measurement of seismic waves What do we know…

Slide 1 Earth Science Topic #12 Review Game 1111 7777 13 19 25 2222 8888 14 20 26 3333 9999 15 21 27 4444 10 16 22 28 5555 11 17 23 29 6666 12 18 24 30 Slide 2 The younger…

The Sea Floor Distribution of the Worlds Ocean 71% of the earth is covered by water. Four large basins Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic. Southern hemisphere is 80% ocean…

9.2 & 9.3 Plate Tectonics 9.2 & 9.3 Plate Tectonics Earthâs Major Plates The lithosphere is divided up into segments called plates These plates continually move…

The Interior of the Earth Plate Tectonics The Main Layers of the Earth Lithosphere: Crust and solid upper mantle. Asthenosphere: Plastic, movable part of the mantle. Outer…

VOLCANOES Lava & Magma Lava vs. Magmaâ¦Whatâs the difference? Lava- magma that flows into Earthâs surface; the rock that forms when magma cools & solidifies.…

IV. Modern Plate Tectonic Theory Major plates and plate margins Names and types of major plates Symbols for plate margins Divergent (constructive) margins Convergent margins…