Earths Dynamic Surface FEATURES ON EARTHS SURFACE CONSTRUCTIVE
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Earth’s Dynamic Surface FEATURES ON EARTH’S SURFACE
CONSTRUCTIVE FORCES � earthquakes � crustal deformations � volcanic eruptions � sediment deposition Watch
DESTRUCTIVE FORCES � Wear down landforms � carry bits and pieces of land to other places like the sea � weathering � erosion
DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES � Make new crusts � two plates moving apart in opposite directions
Alfred Wegener
Aim: How does the Theory of Plate Tectonics influence the way the Earth is today? I. Plate Tectonics A. Theory of Plate Tectonics 1. The surface of the Earth is composed of about a dozen major rigid, moving crustal plates and several smaller plates
2. Plates a. Slabs of Earth’s lithosphere (crust and upper mantle) b. Average thickness is 100 km (62 miles) c. Most plates support both continent and ocean B. Continental Drift – states that the continents have drifted and still are drifting apart.
C. Why do the plates move? 1. Due to tremendous heat, rock in the asthenosphere is like hot taffy 2. This allows plates to ride on top of hot, flowing rock. 3. Plates move because heat is being released from deep inside the earth. 4. Convection currents causes hot material to rise and expand (plates diverge) and cooler material to sink and contract (plates converge).
D. Alfred Wegener – proposed that in the distant past, the Earth’s continents were all joined as a single landmass. 1. Evidence for his theory a. South America and Africa would fit remarkably well, shoreline to shoreline. b. If the Americas were moved next to Africa and Europe, there would be a match of ancient continental rocks and tectonic (fold and fault) structures. c. Pangaea – when Wegener placed all the continents together like a puzzle, it formed a large landmass which he called Pangaea.
Fossil Evidence
SEAFLOOR SPREADING � the seafloor actually spreads apart where the plates pull away � the lava reaches earths surface then solidifies � this makes new ocean crust � The new crust forms a mid ocean ridge
LAVA COOLING UNDER OCEAN Most lava is found at divergent boundaries in the ocean
CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES � Destroy crust! � Plates converge or push into each other � deep ocean trenches � continental mountain chains � volcanic island chains
CONTINENTAL MTN. RANGE Convergent continental plates
TRANSFORM FAULT BOUNDARIES � two plates grind past each other � San Andreas Fault
THRUST FAULT � forms when compression makes a fracture form through the rock layers
� The force actually pushed one set of rock layers up and on top of the nearby rock layers
FOLD � forms when rock layers bend without breaking � the rocks actually act like silly putty in slow motion
HOT SPOTS � Rock will continually rise through the mantle and melt through the plate � As the magma rises through the crust it actually makes new rock
HAWAIIAN ISLAND IN PACIFIC OCEAN
� Formation of island chains…
LITHOSPHERE �A rigid shell � broken into piece (tectonic plates) � Its important because it proves that tectonic plates can move and the Earth is constantly changing
CONVECTION CURRENTS
CONVECTION CURRENTS…. � These currents occur in the asthenosphere (where it is hotter & can bend more easily) � they drag the plates along with them as they move
THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS � Why is it important?
� we learn how features on Earth form � we learn to predict things to keep people safe � we know that Earth will continue to change WATC H
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