Slide 1Chapter 8: Plate TectonicsChapter 8: Plate Tectonics 8.1: Earth has several layers 8.2: Continents change position over time 8.3: Plates move apart 8.4: Plates converge…

Slide 1MineralsRocksPlate TectonicsEarth quakes Volcanoes 100 200 300 400 500 Slide 2 Minerals- 100 Minerals are the ingredients for _______. Rocks. Slide 3 Minerals- 200…

Slide 1Plate Tectonics Slide 2 Brief Structure of the Earth Divided into layers: –Core, mantle, crust Slide 3 Brief Structure of the Earth Lithosphere –Crust and upper…

Slide 1Earths interior layers. The major layers of the Earth consist of the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core. Slide 2 INNER CORE The core is composed mainly of iron…

Slide 1Geology - is the study of rocks and materials that make up Earth and the processes that shape it. Slide 2 In 1666, Nicholas Steno (1638-87) noticed that sharks teeth…

Slide 1Plate Tectonics Slide 2 What is the Theory of Continental Drift? Slide 3 Alfred Wegner, 1915 The continents were once a super-continent called Pangea the continents…

Slide 1Earth Processes: Part 1: Lithosphere (land) The student will be able to describe types of rocks and the processes involved in the rock cycle. The student will be able…

Slide 1Earth Science in Schools – what do (or should) our students know the day they arrive Phil Murphy School of Earth & Environment University of Leeds Slide 2 Earth…

Slide 1The Age of Earth Slide 2 Classification Quick Quiz Write the letter of the correct definition below the number of the correct corresponding term. Remember to write…

Slide 1Simplifying Science How scientists and reporters can more effectively inform the public Slide 2 Scientist says... Reporter writes.... Slide 3 Slide 4 Graphics courtesy…