Download ALFRED WEGENER THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT

Layers of the Earth
Layers of the Earth
• If we could take a chunk out of the
Earth, we would see that it is made up
of different layers.
Layers of the Earth
• Earth is made up of 3 main layers
– Crust
– Mantle
– Core
– Each layer has it’s own individual composition
and physical properties.
Physical Properties and
Composition
• Composition= what it’s made of
• Physical properties= characteristic that is
unique and helps to identify the substance
(temp, size, shape, color)
• Example: Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Composition- flour, eggs, sugar, chocolate
chips, baking powder, butter
• Properties- round, rough, sweet, tan and black,
hot, lumpy,
Layers of the Earth(p90)
• CRUST
– Physical Properties:
• outermost layer
• thinnest layer (5-70km thick)
• Surface temperature
• 1% of Earth’s mass
• where we live
• touches the atmosphere
– Composition:
• consists of loose rocks
& soil
2 Types of Crust
• Continental Crust:
dry land, granite
less dense
Oceanic Crust:
ocean floor,
Basalt, thinner
than cont. crust
but more dense
Layers of the Earth
• MANTLE
– Physical Properties:
• thickest layer (2900km thick)
• 1600-4000 F
• 66% of earth’s mass
• flowing
– Composition:
• Molten rock
–Magma
Layers of the Earth
• CORE
– Physical properties:
• HOT! 4000-8000 F
• Very dense
• High pressure
• 4000 miles from surface
• 33% of Earth’s mass
• About the same size as
Mars
– Composition:
• Iron and Nickel (metals)
Crust
• Very
thin
What have you noticed about
temperature and pressure?
• As you get deeper inside the Earth,
temperature Increases
• As you get deeper inside the Earth,
pressure Increases
Layers of the Earth
• The 3 main layers
of the Earth can be
divided further by
the way they “act”
within the Earth
and by their
different physical
properties.
Lithosphere
Crust and upper Mantle
• outermost layer –
includes crust and
upper mantle
• rigid
• divided into
pieces or
tectonic plates
• Rocks and soil
Asthenosphere
Middle Mantle
• composed of solid
flowing rock
• layer on which pieces of
lithosphere move on top
(solid rock that flows)
– Think of
it like caramel
Mesosphere
Bottom Mantle
• strong, lower
part of the
mantle
• layer between
asthenosphere
and core
The Core
Outer and Inner
• The core is divided into two parts
– Outer Core:
• Liquid iron and nickel that’s spinning
– Inner Core:
• Solid iron and nickel
• Solid because of all the pressure of the rest of the
Earth surrounding it.
How do we know?
• Seismic waves
produced by
earthquakes
travel at
different
speeds through
solid rock
and liquids
Homework Directions:
• Read through the assigned portions of the
power point (for example, you’re first notes
homework will be slides #19-37).
• You will be reading the slides, and
completed the blanks in your guided notes
whenever you see the arrow symbol. The
portion you need to copy into your notes
will be underlined. For example:
 NOTES Will be underlined
The Theory of Continental Drift
Continental Drift Discovery
Bell Ringer 8.18.14
1. List what you know about tectonic plates:
7th
• Made from earth’s crust
• When the plates move, they can cause
earthquakes,
• Plates can create mountains, hills, islands,
volcanoes,
• Cause supercontinents to form, like
pangaea
4th
• Plates are all over the world
• When plates collide, they can create
earthquakes, and volcanoes
• Plates are made from crust (dirt, sand,
rock)
3rd
• Can cause earthquakes and volcanoes
• Large plates that cover the entire surface
of the earth
• As the plates move, Can create landforms
like mountains
2nd
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•
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Part of the crust, sit on top of the mantel
Oceans are on top of them
Continents are on top of the plates
THEY’RE MOVING SLOWLY
As they move, they cause different things
to happen like earthquakes
• Volcano eruptions
• Their mvmt creates mountains
• 2 types: oceanic & continental
1st
• Move slowly
• Protect from
• 3 types of boundaries : transform,
divergent, convergent
• Plates are part of the crust
• On top of the mantle
• Connected to earthquakes
• Continetal and oceanic crust
The World
PANGAEA: Supercontinent
PANGAEA
• Pangaea, also spelled Pangea, was a
supercontinent that existed on the Earth
millions of years ago and covered about
one-third of its surface.
• A supercontinent is a very large landmass
that is made up of more than one
continent.
(Notes- define Pangea)
PANGAEA
• In the case of Pangaea nearly all of the
Earth's continents were connected into
one large landmass.
• It is believed that Pangea began forming
about 300 million years ago, was fully
together by 270 million years ago and
began to separate around 200 million
years ago.
PANGAEA
• If Pangaea still existed, what would it look
like with present-day borders?
• http://mentalfloss.com/article/58021/mappangea-current-international-borders
ALFRED WEGENER:
THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT
Wegener found
evidence for
PANGAEA and
proposed the
theory of
continental drift.
Continental Drift
(Extra reading: p.95 red book, 182 in Sciencesaurus)
• The theory of continental drift
states that the continents
were once part of a single
landmass that broke apart
and have moved to their
present locations.
• can drift apart from one
another and have done so in
the past
For more information about what the continents looked like throughout the Earth’s
History go to:
htttp://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/anim1.html
Pangaea
The continents were once part of a giant
landmass called Pangaea which was
present on earth 250 million years ago.
Can you name the continents in Pangaea?
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/Pangaea_game.html
WEGENER’S EVIDENCE
A. Shapes of the
ContinentsIn notebook, write
“Wegner’s Evidence”
#1 The continents fit
together like a puzzle.
WEGENER’S EVIDENCE
WEGENER’S EVIDENCE
B. Mountains
#2.Mountain ranges on different continents
appear to match; their shapes fit together.
• Ex: ranges in Canada match Norway and Sweden
• Ex: Appalachian Mtn. match UK mtn
Mountain Evidence
•The shapes of some
mountain ranges on
different continents
seem to match.
•A mountain range in
eastern Canada
seems to match one
found in Norway and
Sweden.
•Rock Evidence
•The age and kind of rocks
and minerals along the edge
of one continent match rocks
and minerals along the edge
of another continent.
•These matching mountain
ranges and rock evidence are
across the ocean from each
other, yet they look like they fit
together like puzzle pieces!
Evidence
#3- Fossils of the
same species were
found on separate
continents
Exit Questions
Number 1-3
WEGENER’S EVIDENCE: Glacial Deposits
• #4 Scientists have found glaciers were
once in areas that are now close to the
Equator
(& therefore too hot for glaciers!)
Evidence of Continental Drift
Satellites used to
measure the
movement of
continents
• Laser Geodynamics
Satellite (LAGEOS)
The Plates Move…
So what now?
Which way?
- look at this image – this is the way the
plates are moving.
• 50 million years- what they predict the world will
look like
THEORY OF PLATE
TECTONICS
• THEORY STATES THAT EARTH’S
OUTER LAYER (LITHOSPHERE) IS
DIVIDED INTO PLATES THAT ARE IN
CONSTANT SLOW MOTION MOVING
AROUND ON TOP OF THE
ASTHENOSPHERE
Click to watch video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrXAGY1
dmE&noredirect=1
Diagram of Earth’s Tectonic Plates
How do the plates move?
A.) CONVECTION CURRENTS
• This is where HOT Magma(Hot material)
from deep within the Earth rises while
cooler magma near the surface sinks.
Convection currents
The
asthenosphere
consists of
solid rock that
is flowing. But
it’s not all
flowing in the
same
direction.
How do we know?
B.) Sea-floor spreading
This is where new ocean
floor is created as two
lithospheric plates
pull away from
one another.
These plate movements can
cause…
1.) volcanoes
2.) earth quakes
3.) Mountain ranges (to form)
4.) Deep ocean trenches (to form)
Seafloor spreading
So the plates move.
Now What?
•As the plates move,
they produce changes
in Earth’s surface,
including volcanoes,
earthquakes, mountain
ranges, and deepocean trenches.
Plate Boundaries
• The edges of
different pieces of
The lithosphere
meet at lines
called plate
boundaries
3 types of plate boundaries:
1.) Convergent
2.) Divergent
3.) Transform
3 Types of Plate Boundaries
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
= WHEN TWO PLATES ARE MOVING
AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
MAGMA RISES AND SPILLS OUT FROM
UNDER THE PLATES, MAKING NEW
CRUST
Ex.) rift valley OR trench
3 Types of Boundaries
Divergent boundary= two plates move apart
• Magma rises and creates new crust or
seafloor
Ex:
sea-floor
spreading or a
rift
Boundary animation
Divergent Boundaries
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Diverging Africa
• http://www.funtrivia.com/triviaquiz/Geography/Famous-Sea-Trenches196059.html Trench game!!!
• http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynami
cearth/slip4.html Plate boundary game
• http://www.extremescience.com/challenge
r-deep-video.htm Trench video (.45 sec)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXrMn
R00FHU James Cameron dives to the
deepest place on earth in Mariana trench!
edge of the Eurasian continent/plate where it drops into a rift valley
which lies between the former and the North American tectonic plate.
CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
= when one plate is pushed under
(subducts) another plate. The plate that is
pushed under is then recycled back into the
asthenosphere.
This is when the plates converge
3 Types of Boundaries
• Convergent= when two tectonic
plates push into one another.
Convergent Boundaries
• Continental vs. Continental
• Continental vs. Oceanic
• Oceanic vs. Oceanic
Continental vs. Continental
•When two continental
crustal plates collide,
the continents buckle
upward and form
mountains.
Himalayas- Asia
Himalayas- Asia
Continental vs. Oceanic
•The oceanic plate
slides under the
continental plate.
•The continental crust
crumbles and forms
new mountains or volcanoes.
Subduction Zone
Oceanic vs. Continental
• Ex: Andes mtn in S.
America
Cascade Mtns. in N.
America- Mt. St.
Helens
• The oceanic plate slides under the
continental plate.
(Why doesn’t the continental plate slide
under the oceanic crust?)
• This causes continental crust to crumble
and forms new mountains or volcano
Oceanic vs. Oceanic
•Two oceanic plates
collide, one of the
oceanic plates slides
under the other.
•also called a
subduction zone
Oceanic vs.
Oceanic Hawaiian
Islands
Transform boundary
• When two tectonic plates slide past each
other horizontally
Produces?
Earthquakes
San
Andreas
Fault
New Madrid Fault
WEGENER’S EVIDENCE
Continents
“fit together”
like puzzle
pieces
Bell Ringer Monday, 8/25/14
Turn to the “Convection lab
guide” (page 16-17 in pkt),
and answer pre-lab questions
#1-3
CONVECTION LAB
1. WHAT QUESTION ARE WE TRYING TO
ANSWER TODAY?
1. WHAT QUESTION ARE WE TRYING TO
ANSWER TODAY?
How do the tectonic plates move?
2. WHAT DO WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT
HOW THE PLATES MOVE?
CONVECTION LAB
2. WHAT DO WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT
HOW THE PLATES MOVE?
• Plates move very slowly (~2 cm/yr)
• HEAT FROM THE EARTH’S CORE
PROVIDES THE ENERGY FOR THE
PLATES TO MOVE
• Have 3 directions they move
(transform, convergent, divergent)
• THE PLATES ARE ALWAYS MOVING
Convection Lab
3. So, HOW is heat from the earth’s core
getting to where the tectonic plates are?
Through CONDUCTION (touching) and
CONVECTION (moving)
4. What is Convection?
Convection moves heat by the
circulation (or movement) of the heated
parts of a liquid or gas. HOT AIR
RISES, COLD AIR SINKS
How do the plates move?
5.) What are CONVECTION CURRENTS in plate tectonics?
This is where hot magma from deep within
the Earth rises while cooler magma near the
surface sinks
Convection Candle Currents
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_lqsyr
Opvc
• Slide 75: When a candle burns,
CONVECTION CURRENTS- rise above
the flame. We are not able to see them,
however, without special help like the light
from a projector. Convection is the
transfer of heat by the MOVEMENT of the
heated parts of a liquid or gas.
• Slide 76: When air is heated, its
molecules actually bump into each other,
spreading them farther apart and creating
MOVEMENT. Think about magma in the
mantle: When magma is heated by
touching the hot core below it, the magma
will RISE.
Slide 77: After the magma cools, it will
sink back down again to the core, just
like the cold water from your ice cube
sinks to the bottom of your cup. The
core will again heat the magma, and
the magma will again rise. The up and
down, rising and sinking motions of the
magma causes the tectonic plates to
move.
Complete your diagram:
Interactive Video Activity
1. Relationship among earthquakes and
plate boundaries?
Shallow earthquakes occur along ALL types
of plate boundaries.
Deep earthquakes more commonly occur
along convergent boundaries, especially
where oceanic crust collides with oceanic
crust.
2. Most divergent boundaries are found in
the Atlantic Ocean, or plates that border the
Atlantic ocean. (WHY?)
Divergent boundaries are usually
characterized by mid ocean ridges (WHY?)
3. The three types of convergent boundaries
are:
Convection in the mantle:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0dWF
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Bell Ringer
1. When two tectonic plates are moving
toward each other, it is called a ________
boundary.
a.) transform b.) divergent c.) convergent
2. What was the name of the super
continent that used to exist?
a.) Eurasia
b.) Delora
c.) Pangaea
Bell Ringer
1. When two tectonic plates are moving
toward each other, it is called a ________
boundary.
a.) transform b.) divergent c.) convergent
2. What was the name of the super
continent that used to exist?
a.) Eurasia
b.) Delora
c.) Pangaea
Bell Ringer
1. List the three types of convergent
boundary plate collisions:
Oceanic crust colliding into oceanic
Continental crust colliding into continental
Oceanic crust vs. continental
2. What are we learning about today?
Bell Ringer 2/26/14
1. What are the three types of plate
boundaries?
2. What are the three specific types of
convergent boundaries?
• The real proof came from our knowledge
of evolution; Darwin proved that animals
will evolve to adapt to their environment.
Therefore, if the dinosaurs found on Africa
and South America had not come from the
same connected continent, there would
have been subtle differences between
them, based on their slightly different
environments.
ORQ Word Bank
C. Part “C” Word Bank
Geologic features (or events):
-Earthquake
-Mountains
-Volcanic Mountains
-Volcanic islands
-Ridge
Advanced: Bell Ringer 2.11.14
1. Plates move because:
a.) Heat in the earth’s core provides energy
for movement
b.) earthquakes push & move plates
c.) Tides push and move plates
2. TRUE or FALSE: Pangaea was the 1st
super continent to form on earth
Bell Ringer 2.10.14
1. Pangaea was:
a.) A time period when the dinosaurs lived
b.) A unified ocean
c.) A super-continent
2. TRUE or FALSE: Plates below us, and all
over the world beneath Earth’s crust are still
moving