Slide 1 Plate tectonics PLATETECTONICSPLATETECTONICS PLATETECTONICSPLATETECTONICS Slide 2 Slide 3 Structure of the earth The earth is made up of different layers Crust Outer…

Slide 1 F UNDAMENTAL S OF E NVIRONMENT Slide 2 Environment : Meaning The word Environment has been derived from the French word ‘environner’ ; to encircle, or to surround.…

Slide 1 Looking at the Earth Chapter 2 Slide 2 Nebular Hypothesis Slide 3 “3 rd rock from the sun……” Slide 4 4.6 billion years ago Slide 5 …..and then….. Slide…

Slide 1 Geological Hazards Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tsunami Session 3 Slide 2 Journey to the Center of the Earth Core Core Mantle Mantle Crust Crust Slide 3 Cross Section…

Slide 1 PANGAEA Slide 2 ALFRED WEGENER  German climatologist and geophysicist who, in 1915, published an expanded version of his 1912 book The Origin of Continents and…

Slide 1 Evidence for Movement of Continents Slide 2 Biggest obstacles to acceptance You can not see the continent move You can not feel the motion of the continent Yet a…

Slide 1 Aim 20: What is the geological theory of Pangaea? What is plate tectonics? HW: Read p38 to 40 in your textbook then answer #2 a. b. and c. on p 43. Do Now: Do you…

Slide 1 The continental rifting process a q Kk Slide 2 Subduction Continental Crust Oceanic Crust Accretionary Prism Volcanic Arc Trench RiftingSpreading Center Granite Basalt…

Slide 1 Processes Shaping our Earth Slide 2 Four components of our Planet Lithosphere Hydrosphere Atmosphere Biosphere Slide 3 LITHOSPHERE Slide 4 Lithosphere Consists of…

Slide 1 The Earth is layered Slide 2 Major Plates of the World Slide 3 Mantle Convection Slide 4 Historical Movement (Past 250mya) Slide 5 Pangaea Slide 6 Evidence of Past…