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 1Do Now # 4 What is the difference between convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries? Slide 2 Answer Convergent move towards each other, divergent move away from…

Slide 1Mantle Geophysics and Tectonophysics Topics:  Heat transport within the Earth  Mantle convection  Elastic (seismic) properties  The CMB  The upper mantle…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Chapter 1: Plate Tectonics Earth’s Layers Continents Changing Position Over Time Plates Moving Apart Plates Coming Together 100 200 300 400 500 Slide 3…

The Structure of Earth 1. INNER CORE The very center of Earth (like the seed inside a peach pit) SOLID composed of Fe and Ni 2. OUTER CORE (the pit of the peach that surrounds…

Ch 10 Plate Tectonics A Moonenland Production A subsidiary of Moonco. Inc Continental Drift Alfred Wegener (1912) German Meteorologist Continents moved slowly to their current…

Slide 1 1 Journal Question: If your finger nails grow at about a two inches per year, how long would it take for them to grow to be a mile? (hints: 12 inches in a foot, 5,280…

The Structure of Earth 1. INNER CORE The very center of Earth (like the seed inside a peach pit) SOLID composed of Fe and Ni 2. OUTER CORE (the pit of the peach that surrounds…

Slide 1 The Theory of Plate Tectonics - Boundaries, Stresses, and Faults 1.What is the theory of plate tectonics? 2.What are the three types of plate boundaries? Slide 2…

Slide 1 What happens at tectonic plate boundaries? Slide 2 Divergent Convergent Transform Three types of plate boundary Slide 3 Spreading ridges ◦ As plates move apart…