What is a Plate Boundary AF 3 describe

What is a Plate Boundary? AF 3 - describe the process of plate tectonics. AF 3 - describe the distribution of continents in the future.

STARTER: What does this picture show? Copy: The Earth is broken up like a jigsaw. These pieces are called plates.

COPY: The plates are part of the crust which float on the mantle. This is made of molten (melted) rock called magma. COPY: The inner core is made of solid iron and nickel (metal) and is 5400°C. This causes the magma to move around, called convection currents, as a result the plates move too.

How fast do plates move? COPY: Plates move roughly the same speed as a finger nail grows, 2 -3 cm a year.

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Copy these Keywords Continental = land Oceanic = sea

Plate Margin Five Words Destructive Ocean Heavy Sinks Friction Pacific Sketch Example Earthquakes Pacific/Nazca Use the information on each slide to complete this table. Volcanoes

There are gentle earthquakes and volcanoes.

This is the plate boundary that formed The Himalayas.

Himalayas Colli sion Which boundary?

Cons Which boundary? erva tive

Plate Margin Five Words Sketch Destructive Ocean, Heavy Sinks, Friction, Pacific Example Pacific/Nazca Constructive North American/ Eurasian Collision Indian or African/ Eurasian Conservative North American/ Pacific SPOT THE MISTAKE! Earthquakes Volcanoes

Look at the direction of the arrows that shows the direction the plates are moving. Find examples of each plate boundary.

Plenary: Describe the earth 100 million years from now