Slide 1 Plate Tectonics Chapter 4 Slide 2 The Big Idea Plate tectonics explains the formation of many of Earth’s features and geologic events. Lesson 1: Continental Drift…

Slide 1 Continental Drift Text Book page numbers 92 - 96 Slide 2 Warm Up 1. What is the thickest layer of the Earth? 2. What is the thinnest layer of the Earth? 3. What happens…

Plate Tectonics Unit: Plate Tectonics Unit: Composition of the Earth: Layers of the Earth: Crust: 5-100km thick. Oceanic crust: thin and more dense, mostly basalt Continental…

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Plate Tectonics Theory Who started the theory? Alfred Wegener (pronounced, âVagenerâ) http://blue.utb.edu/paullgj/physci1417/Lectures/Plate_Tectonics.html Wegener noticed…