1. Plate Tectonics Spectra of Science Amole 2013

2. Continental Drift Proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1915. Supercontinent Pangaea started to break up about 200 million years ago. Continents "drifted" to their present positions.

3. Evidence Some continents coastlines seem to “fit” together Fossils match across oceans Rock types and structures match across oceans Ancient glacial features

4. Evidence

6. Plate Tectonics  In 1965, J. Wilson  Earth’s lithosphere is broken into sections called plates.  Plates are always shifting and moving.  Movement is driven by convection currents in the mantle.

7. Earth’s Layers

8. The Plates

9. Types of Plate Boundaries Convergent –Push together Divergent –Pull apart Transform –Slide past one another

10. Convergent Boundaries  Oceanic- Continental  Oceanic is denser and sinks below continental  Creates a subduction zone  Creates trenches, volcanic mountain arc

11. Mt. St. Helens, Washington

12. Convergent Boundaries  Oceanic- Oceanic  Oceanic being of equal densities both “sink”  Creates a subduction zone  Creates trenches, island arc

13. Japanese Islands- Island Arc

14. Convergent Boundaries  Continental- Continental  Continentals being of equal densities both “push up”  Creates folded mountains

15. Himalayas, Asia

16. Divergent Boundaries  Plates move away from each other  Create gaps that new magma rises through making new crust  Cause of sea-floor spreading  Creates rift valleys and the Mid-Oceanic Ridge

18. Transform Boundaries  Plates slide past each other  Creates earthquakes

19. San Andres Fault, CA

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