Explain how colliding tectonic plates influenced the formation of the
... Explain how colliding tectonic plates influenced the formation of the chain of islands in the diagram below. • Plates move together. (Converge) • Caribbean plate slips under or subducts under North American and South American plates. • Melting takes place as plate subducts. • Magma rises to surface ...
... Explain how colliding tectonic plates influenced the formation of the chain of islands in the diagram below. • Plates move together. (Converge) • Caribbean plate slips under or subducts under North American and South American plates. • Melting takes place as plate subducts. • Magma rises to surface ...
On this day in 1815, Women`s Rights Leader Elizabeth Cady
... subducts underneath the continental lithosphere • Oceanic lithosphere heats and dehydrates as it subsides • The melt rises forming volcanism • E.g. The Andes ...
... subducts underneath the continental lithosphere • Oceanic lithosphere heats and dehydrates as it subsides • The melt rises forming volcanism • E.g. The Andes ...
Plate Tectonics - Coventry Local Schools
... Collisional boundary – a type of convergent boundary where two plates bearing continental crust are moving together. o ...
... Collisional boundary – a type of convergent boundary where two plates bearing continental crust are moving together. o ...
Presentation
... Puzzle Theory: How well the continents fit together, like a puzzle. Fossil Pattern: Fossils of the same plant and animal species are found on continents that are on different side of the Atlantic. Rocks: Rock formations and rock dating showed that these rocks and formations were the same age, thus l ...
... Puzzle Theory: How well the continents fit together, like a puzzle. Fossil Pattern: Fossils of the same plant and animal species are found on continents that are on different side of the Atlantic. Rocks: Rock formations and rock dating showed that these rocks and formations were the same age, thus l ...
Goal-directed Instructional Design Plan
... pulling apart. The internal energy of the Earth drives the movement of the plates. The slow movement of materials within Earth results from heat flowing out from the deep interior and the action of gravity on regions of different density. Evidence for plate tectonics includes the spreading of the se ...
... pulling apart. The internal energy of the Earth drives the movement of the plates. The slow movement of materials within Earth results from heat flowing out from the deep interior and the action of gravity on regions of different density. Evidence for plate tectonics includes the spreading of the se ...
PowerPoint
... 1. The theory of continental drift suggests that they were the continents were once joined together and have since split and moved apart. 2. Continents (e.g. Africa and South America) have shapes that fit closely together and have similar patterns of rocks and fossils ...
... 1. The theory of continental drift suggests that they were the continents were once joined together and have since split and moved apart. 2. Continents (e.g. Africa and South America) have shapes that fit closely together and have similar patterns of rocks and fossils ...
Chapter 14 Resource: Plate Tectonics
... the lithosphere 2. cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking 3. theory that states that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections, which move around on a special layer of the mantle 4. area where an oceanic plate goes down into the mantle 5. plate boundary that occurs when two pla ...
... the lithosphere 2. cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking 3. theory that states that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections, which move around on a special layer of the mantle 4. area where an oceanic plate goes down into the mantle 5. plate boundary that occurs when two pla ...
9-5 The Theory of Plate Tectonics
... Two plates sliding past each other Frequent Earthquakes San Andreas Fault California ...
... Two plates sliding past each other Frequent Earthquakes San Andreas Fault California ...
Class 9 - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
... again at subduction zones, where continental lithosphere forms through partial melting and fractionation of subducting oceanic lithosphere and the mantle above it; the mantle portion of the lithosphere is gravitationally unstable; only the crust, the upper portion, is light enough to float in equilb ...
... again at subduction zones, where continental lithosphere forms through partial melting and fractionation of subducting oceanic lithosphere and the mantle above it; the mantle portion of the lithosphere is gravitationally unstable; only the crust, the upper portion, is light enough to float in equilb ...
Unit 5 – Structure of the Earth
... Crust is older as you move outward from the ridge Magnetic field reverses ...
... Crust is older as you move outward from the ridge Magnetic field reverses ...
Review of Plate Tectonics Name
... 15. Another type of plate boundary called a ________________ boundary occurs where two plates are sliding past each other. At this type of site the plates get locked together with friction and store great stress over a long time. When the boundary finally breaks apart, the sudden motion causes _____ ...
... 15. Another type of plate boundary called a ________________ boundary occurs where two plates are sliding past each other. At this type of site the plates get locked together with friction and store great stress over a long time. When the boundary finally breaks apart, the sudden motion causes _____ ...
Geology and Volcanic Activity Blank Question Document File
... c. Mantle plumes 3. Identify the type of plate boundary at which each of the following occurs. a. Mountain building b. Subduction c. Creation of new ocean floor d. Island arc 4. Describe the relationship between faults and earthquakes 5. Explain why Earth’s major earthquake and volcanic zones occur ...
... c. Mantle plumes 3. Identify the type of plate boundary at which each of the following occurs. a. Mountain building b. Subduction c. Creation of new ocean floor d. Island arc 4. Describe the relationship between faults and earthquakes 5. Explain why Earth’s major earthquake and volcanic zones occur ...
earth`s components & characteristics
... dense, rich in Fe, Mg, Si, below sea level • Continental- thick (20-70 km), less dense, rich in Ca, Na, K, Al ...
... dense, rich in Fe, Mg, Si, below sea level • Continental- thick (20-70 km), less dense, rich in Ca, Na, K, Al ...
Chapter 5 Study Guide Answers!!
... The tectonic plates move at a rates ranging from 1 to 12 ____ per ____. ...
... The tectonic plates move at a rates ranging from 1 to 12 ____ per ____. ...
Plate Tectonics Simulation Assignment
... evidence. Technological advances had helped reveal that the ocean floor was not essentially flat, as once assumed, but instead was marked by 50,000-kilometer-long (31,000-mile), 3,000-meterhigh (9,800-ft) ridges and 11-kilometer-deep (7-mile) trenches. Scientists found striking patterns related to t ...
... evidence. Technological advances had helped reveal that the ocean floor was not essentially flat, as once assumed, but instead was marked by 50,000-kilometer-long (31,000-mile), 3,000-meterhigh (9,800-ft) ridges and 11-kilometer-deep (7-mile) trenches. Scientists found striking patterns related to t ...
Plate Tectonics - THS Aquatic Science
... As the two sides of the mountain move away from each other, magma wells up from the Earth's interior. It then solidifies into rock as it is cooled by the sea, creating new ocean floor. ...
... As the two sides of the mountain move away from each other, magma wells up from the Earth's interior. It then solidifies into rock as it is cooled by the sea, creating new ocean floor. ...
plate tectonics review game!!!!
... Volcanic island arcs are associated with this kind of boundary? Between these two kinds of plates? ...
... Volcanic island arcs are associated with this kind of boundary? Between these two kinds of plates? ...
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
... decided that the continents seemed to fit together and at one time, they must have ...
... decided that the continents seemed to fit together and at one time, they must have ...
Notes: The Theory of Plate Tectonics
... Expanding Earth idea…In the beginning the Earth’s _________ was evenly _________ over the ____________ ... but got stretched and thinned when the _________ expanded forming the ocean __________. But, ocean _________ are too wide to have formed by any reasonable __________. Contracting Earth id ...
... Expanding Earth idea…In the beginning the Earth’s _________ was evenly _________ over the ____________ ... but got stretched and thinned when the _________ expanded forming the ocean __________. But, ocean _________ are too wide to have formed by any reasonable __________. Contracting Earth id ...
earth`s components & characteristics
... dense, rich in Fe, Mg, Si, below sea level • Continental- thick (20-70 km), less dense, rich in Ca, Na, K, Al ...
... dense, rich in Fe, Mg, Si, below sea level • Continental- thick (20-70 km), less dense, rich in Ca, Na, K, Al ...
PLATE TECTONICS - Cockeysville Middle
... Occur on land and on the ocean floor Example – the Great Rift Valley in East Asia. New crust is created along the boundary in an ocean, or a deep valley is created on land. (Valley could fill with water…new ocean) ...
... Occur on land and on the ocean floor Example – the Great Rift Valley in East Asia. New crust is created along the boundary in an ocean, or a deep valley is created on land. (Valley could fill with water…new ocean) ...
Introduction to Plate Tectonic Theory
... Initiated by heat building up underneath the continent, Pangaea began to split apart, around 200 million years ago. These continents are still on the move today. ...
... Initiated by heat building up underneath the continent, Pangaea began to split apart, around 200 million years ago. These continents are still on the move today. ...
Plate tectonics
Plate tectonics (from the Late Latin tectonicus, from the Greek: τεκτονικός ""pertaining to building"") is a scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere. This theoretical model builds on the concept of continental drift which was developed during the first few decades of the 20th century. The geoscientific community accepted the theory after the concepts of seafloor spreading were later developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.The lithosphere, which is the rigid outermost shell of a planet (on Earth, the crust and upper mantle), is broken up into tectonic plates. On Earth, there are seven or eight major plates (depending on how they are defined) and many minor plates. Where plates meet, their relative motion determines the type of boundary; convergent, divergent, or transform. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along these plate boundaries. The lateral relative movement of the plates typically varies from zero to 100 mm annually.Tectonic plates are composed of oceanic lithosphere and thicker continental lithosphere, each topped by its own kind of crust. Along convergent boundaries, subduction carries plates into the mantle; the material lost is roughly balanced by the formation of new (oceanic) crust along divergent margins by seafloor spreading. In this way, the total surface of the globe remains the same. This prediction of plate tectonics is also referred to as the conveyor belt principle. Earlier theories (that still have some supporters) propose gradual shrinking (contraction) or gradual expansion of the globe.Tectonic plates are able to move because the Earth's lithosphere has greater strength than the underlying asthenosphere. Lateral density variations in the mantle result in convection. Plate movement is thought to be driven by a combination of the motion of the seafloor away from the spreading ridge (due to variations in topography and density of the crust, which result in differences in gravitational forces) and drag, with downward suction, at the subduction zones. Another explanation lies in the different forces generated by the rotation of the globe and the tidal forces of the Sun and Moon. The relative importance of each of these factors and their relationship to each other is unclear, and still the subject of much debate.