Piecing Together the Plates by Lisa Mc Cready

Piecing Together the Plates by Lisa Mc. Cready

What We’ve Discovered… • Our Earth is covered with plates • The borders between the plates are also known as “ ” • There are three main types

CONVERGENT • Oceanic vs. Continental • Oceanic vs. Oceanic • “ • What happens here? ”

DIVERGENT • In the Oceans • On the Continents • What happens here?

TRANSFORM • What happens here?

What are Plates? Type of Crust Average Thickness Average Age Major Component Continental Crust 20 -80 kilometers 3 billion years Granite Oceanic Crust 10 kilometers Generally 70 to 100 million years old Basalt

Activity Time • Map the 15 most well known plates • Discover their names • Figure out some boundary types • Develop a phrase to help you remember the plate names • http: //www. kidsknowit. com/educational-songs/index. php? topic=Geology

Clever Phra ses? http: //www. uky. edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module 04 swf. swf

QUESTIONS?

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What are Plates? • http: //www. learner. org/interactives/dynamicearth/s tructure. html