Ever Changing Earth

Quick Review

Layers of the Earth

Rock Cycle

Hypothesize
How do rocks get to the
surface of the Earth?
Does it happen evenly
throughout the Earth, or
is there a specific place
on Earths surface where
rocks come up from the

Density
Definition?

Lithosphere
Made up of the upper
mantle and crust.
Broken up into
sections called
tectonic plates

Lithosphere

Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics
Theory that explains the movement
the continents.
Evidence:
Continents fit like puzzle pieces.
Similar fossils found on different
continents.
Similar species found on different
continents.

Plate Tectonic Evidence

Continental Movement

Tectonic Plates
Movement caused by heat
from earths core and
mantle
New rock forms at oceanic
ridges
Old rock is recycled at
oceanic trenches

Convergent Boundaries

Divergent Boundary

Transverse Boundary

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmC-vjQ
GSNM

Volcanoes, Ridges,
and Trenches, Oh
my!!!

Volcanoes
Volcanoes are formed at
both convergent and
divergent boundaries.
Formed by hotspots,
regions fed by the
underlying mantle.

Ridges

Trenches

Ridges & Trenches

Ridges

Trenches

Earthquakes
Occur mostly at fault
lines.
Occur when plates
move against each
other.

Earthquakes