Plate Movement What causes tectonic plates to move
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Plate Movement What causes tectonic plates to move? !? !
What causes tectonic plates to move? 1. Mantle Convection 2. Ridge Push 3. Slab Pull
What causes tectonic plates to move? 1. Mantle Convection 2. Ridge Push 3. Slab Pull How Tectonics Plates Move 1. Convection 2. Ridge Push 3. Slab Pull Description of Movement
What causes tectonic plates to move? 1. Mantle Convection 2. Ridge Push 3. Slab Pull How Tectonics Plates Move 1. Convection 2. Ridge Push 3. Slab Pull Description of Movement Hot rock rises and cooler rock sinks which pushes the heated rock up. Plates get carried by this movement. (like a conveyor belt at the grocery store)
What causes tectonic plates to move? 1. Mantle Convection 2. Ridge Push 3. Slab Pull How Tectonics Plates Move 1. Convection 2. Ridge Push 3. Slab Pull Description of Movement Hot material rises and cooler material sink(denser) which pushes the heated material up. Plates get carried by this movement. The dense rock responds to gravity by moving down the slope created from heated rock. This force then pushes the rest of the plate away from the midocean ridge.
What causes tectonic plates to move? 1. Mantle Convection 2. Ridge Push 3. Slab Pull How Tectonics Plates Move 1. Convection Description of Movement Hot material rises and cooler material sink(denser) which pushes the heated material up. Plates get carried by this movement. 2. Ridge Push The dense rock responds to gravity by moving down the slope created from heated rock. This force then pushes the rest of the plate away from the midocean ridge. 3. Slab Pull At subduction zones, leading edge of the denser plate pulls the rest of the plate with it under the less dense plate.
What’s Next? In Google Classroom, make a copy of and then read and mark-up the text labeled: 16. 1 Reading: Ridge Push/Slab Pull DIRECTIONS FOR MARKING UP ELECTRONIC TEXT: 1. Read the article one time through. 2. Under each heading, highlight or underline at least three key ideas 3. Find an image of each type of movement and paste it into the box at the end of the reading. 4. Include a caption in your own words as to what is occurring in the image. It should describe the process going on, not just say, “this is ridge push”
