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The Theory
of Plate Tectonics
By: Geo T.
Plate Tectonics
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The outermost part of the Earth
is made of two layers
• Lithosphere – the crust and mantle
• Asthenosphere – the viscous part
of the mantle
Plate Tectonics Cont.
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The Lithosphere floats on the
Asthenosphere.
The Lithosphere is broken up
into tectonic plates.
The Plates
* Hover over for names
Movement
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The plates move in relation to
each other and form three different
types of plate boundaries:
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform
Convergent
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Occurs when plates collide. There are
three types.
Divergent
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Occur when to plates are moving
apart and new crust is created
by magma pushing up from the
Earth’s mantle
Transform
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Occurs where plates grind past each other