Image provided courtesy of the VISIONS ’05 expedition (www.VISIONS05.ocean.washington.edu)

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Chapter 8: Plate Tectonics
Advertisements

Constructive and Destructive Earth Processes Todays Essential Question How does our Earths crust continue to change?
 Tectonic Plates – the massive, irregularly shaped slabs of rock that make up the Earth’s lithosphere  One plate cannot shift without affecting the.
Longest mountain system Encircles the Earth Peaks up to 12,000 feet high New oceanic crust is made here by magma erupting from the mantle.
Plate Tectonics.
Science ~ chapter 6 volcanoes
Plate Tectonics & how plates work. Transform boundary also called a conservative boundary Two tectonic plates slide past one another Convection currents.
Dynamic Earth Class 7 January 31, 2006 Homework #2 is due.
Chapter 8 The Dynamic Planet
Convergent Boundaries. What happens at Convergent Boundaries? (Continental plate – Continental plate) A collision boundary (continental to continental)
PLATE TECTONICS A UNIFYING CONCEPT FOR UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North.
Types of Plate Boundaries in California The Great California ShakeOut.
Volcanoes Earth and Space Science. How many are there? About 60 of the ~550 known active volcanoes erupt each year There are many more volcanoes underwater.
Science 10H Earth Science: Geological History of BC.
The Ring of Fire consists of chains of active volcanoes around the Pacific. What type of plate boundary are these volcanoes adjacent to? 1.Transform 2.Convergent.
CHAPTER 2 THE SEA FLOOR. OCEANIC & CONTINENTAL OCEAN ZONES & HABITATS.
Lex Pritchett.  Plate tectonics are defined as the process and dynamics of tectonic plate movement  In the 1960s the theory of plate tectonics determined.
CHAPTER 5: Earth dynamics


PLATE BOUNDARIES. Instructional Goals  Explain how each of the three plate boundaries are formed  Predict the resulting landforms from each boundary.
Theory of Plate Tectonics The lithosphere is broken into separate sections called plates The theory of plate tectonics states that the pieces of Earth’s.
Robert W. Christopherson Charlie Thomsen Chapter 11 The Dynamic Planet.
CO: VOLCANOES LO: Describe the types of volcanoes, which type of plate boundaries create volcanoes and why volcanoes occur there.
Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics: From hypothesis to theory Part C: The theory of plate tectonics 1.
3 GEOLOGICAL FEATURES Mara Sprang. The Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanic activity from an undersea magma source called a hotspot. As the tectonic.
Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics: From hypothesis to theory Part C: The theory of plate tectonics.
Plate Tectonics BOUNDARIES Chapter 17 Learning Targets: What are the three types of plate boundaries? What features can be found at each one?
Plate Tectonics. Wilson- combined Continental Drift, Sea- Floor Spreading. A geologic theory that states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant,
Tectonic Plate Boundaries
Plate Tectonics Riley Fanning. History of Pangaea Section 1 Alfred Wegener originated the theory of Pangaea in He was a geologist from Germany,
Plates Plate Tectonics Jeopardy Boundaries Run for.
Plate CH 4 Prentice Hall p CH 4 Prentice Hall p Tectonics.
Earth System Science in the Community Earth’s Dynamic Geosphere Chapter 1: Volcanoes and Your Community.
Plate Tectonics Plate tectonics theory explains the global distribution of mountains, earthquakes, volcanoes, ocean basins and rift valleys on the surface.
There are three basic plate movements or boundaries. 1. Divergent: where the plates move apart new magma wells up to the surface forming new crust (a ridge)
PLATE BOUNDARIES. Instructional Goals  Explain how each of the three plate boundaries are formed  Predict the resulting landforms from each boundary.
UNIT 6 The Earth’s structure Natural Science 2. Secondary Education THE LITHOSPHERE AND LITHOSPHERIC PLATES.
Plate Tectonics and Landforms
Plate Tectonics. Objective 1  Define the word plate as it is used in geology.
Table of Contents Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics Volcanic Eruptions Volcanic Landforms Volcanoes.
Plate Tectonics Chapter 17.  All of the phenomena that we will discuss in the upcoming weeks are all a result of plate tectonics.  Plate Tectonics is.
Volcanism Definition: Any crack in the Earth’s surface where molten rock has moved towards or onto the Earth’s surface.
PLATE BOUNDARIES & CONVECTION
Mt. Rainier Tectonic Setting
Cascade Volcanism Is Back
Evolution of the Earth.
Inside Earth Chapter 1.5 Pages 42-47
Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics: From hypothesis to theory
Continental-Continental
Plate Tectonics Evolution of the Earth.
Types of Plate Boundaries
How the Earth’s surface changes every day
Tectonic Plate Boundaries
Earth Systems and Resources
Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics: From Hypothesis to Theory
“I CAN” Statements Theory of Plate Tectonics
Testing Plate Tectonics
PLATE BOUNDARIES & CONVECTION
Term project Apply statistical data analysis techniques to atmospheric, oceanic, geophysical, geological or planetary science datasets. Identify a topic.
The Dynamic Earth: PLATE TECTONICS
Volcanism.
Tectonic Plates in Action
Chapter 5, Lesson 2, California Geology
Geographical Plate Boundaries
Continental-Continental
Plate Tectonics and Landforms
Types of Plate Boundaries
Chapter 5, Lesson 2, California Geology
Convergent Plate Boundaries
Presentation transcript:

Image provided courtesy of the VISIONS ’05 expedition (

glacial-lake-missoula.html Vashon Ice Sheet animation:

 USGS: Science for the Changing World. Juan de Fuca Subduction, Cascade Range. January 2,  Palmer, A.R. and J. Geissman. Tectonics of the Miocene Epoch. Tour of Geologic Time. University of California Museum of Paleontology.  Kious, W. Jacquelyne and Robert I. Tilling. This Dynamic Planet: The Story of Plate Tectonics  Glicken, Harry. Mount St. Helens – Before and After – from Johnston Ridge. USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory. December 6,  Visions 2005: Expeditions to the Underwater Volcanoes of the Northeast Pacific. University of Washington  The Cascade Episode. The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture  The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics (Chapter 2). Essentials of Geology: An Introduction to Planet Earth. W. W. Norton and Company  Cameron, James. Volcanoes of the Deep Sea. Volcanic Ocean Films, Inc  Segar, Douglas A. Introduction to Ocean Sciences. Animations. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.,

Feedback: Privacy Policy Feedback
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
About project: SlidePlayer Terms of Service

© 2024 SlidePlayer.com Inc. All rights reserved.