1. Geography  Module #: 1 Unit #: 1  Lesson # BEGIN 2. OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS MOVEMENT OF PLATES MOVEMENT OF PLATES…

Slide 1Earth’s Internal Properties Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics Science 2201 Chapter 17 Slide 2 October 17, 1989 Slide 3 May 18, 1980 Slide 4 Earthquakes and…

Vocabulary Continental Drift Plate tectonics subduction trench volcano hotspot magma lava convection fault lithosphere mantle crust core Plate Tectonics The theory of plate…

Plate Tectonics Joy Nowak What is plate tectonics? A plate is a large, rigid slab of rock. The word tectonics comes from the Greek root “to build”. The �Earths surface…

Pangaea Alfred Wegener was a German climatologist and arctic explorer who suggested the concept of continental drift. Continental drift is the idea that the continents move…

Earth’s Internal Properties Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics Science 2201 Chapter 17 October 17, 1989 May 18, 1980 Earthquakes and volcanoes: evidence that our planet…

TSUNAMI We now know that, directly or indirectly, plate tectonics influences nearly all geologic processes, past and present. With little or no warning, an earthquake or…