Plate Tectonics.

Egat Lominded & Bronte Gilson.

 What is Tectonic Plates
and Plate Tectonics
• Tectonic Plates - Giant jigsaw-like pieces of the Earth's crust.
The plates float on the Earth's mantle and are constantly
moving at a very slow rate.
• Plate Tectonics - A theory explaining the structure of the
earth’s crust that describes the large scale motion of Earths
lithosphere.
 Different types
of Plate Boundaries
 Conservative Plate
Boundaries
• Conservative margins are
also known as transform
faults. Transform faults are
mainly found on the ocean
floor, where they offset
mid ocean ridges and enable
to ocean to spread at
different rates. It was
through the work of John
Tuzo Wilson that these faults
were recognised as the
connection between the
ocean ridges (divergent
margins) and ocean trenches
(convergent margins).
 Destructive Plate
Boundaries
• A destructive plate boundary
happens where an oceanic and
continental plate move towards
each other. The heavier, more
dense oceanic plate is forced
under the continental plate. As it
sinks below the continental plate
the oceanic plate melts due to
friction in the subduction zone.
The crust becomes molten called
magma. This may be forced to
the surface of the earth causing
a volcanic eruption. The
movement of the oceanic plate is
not smooth. Due to friction the
plate gets stuck. Pressure then
builds up. The plate will eventually
slip sometimes causing an
earthquake.
 Constructive Plate
Boundaries
• A constructive plate boundary happens where plates move
apart. Most of these plate margins are under the oceans. As the
plates move apart magma rises from the mantle to the earth's
surface. the rising magma forms shield volcanoes. Constructive
plate margins occur where plates move apart. Examples include
the South American Plate and African Plate and the Eurasian
Plate and the North American Plate. Iceland was formed as the
result of seafloor spreading in the North Atlantic.
Other Facts
 OTHER FACTS
• What the earlier scientists did not have was knowledge of
plate tectonics. the earths crust and the rigid lithosphere is
broken into huge pieces called tectonic plates.
• The tectonic plates supports the continents and oceans, but
they are constantly moving. the float on the oozing, liquid
mantle below - moving just a few centimetres each year.
• scientists now know that much of the change on earths
crust is caused by the movement of the plates in the
lithosphere.
 Youtube Clip

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcPghqnnTVk
 Plate Tectonics (Educational
Parody of Whistle by Flo Rida)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhxjAAnwNKM
QUIZ
 What Is Tectonic Plates
Like?
a. Chocolate Bar b. an Orange

c. Jigsaw Puzzle d. a keyboard

 What Is Tectonic Plates
Like?
a. Chocolate Bar b. an Orange

c. Jigsaw Puzzle d. a keyboard

 What Is A Plate Tectonic
like?
a . Expanding the earths crust.

b. the movement of a destructive plate boundary

 What Is A Plate Tectonic
like?
a . Expanding the earths crust.

b. the movement of a destructive plate boundary

Conservative margins are
also known as…
a. transform faults. b. destructive plate boundary

c. ocean floor d.John Tuzo Wilson

Conservative margins are
also known as…
a. transform faults. b. destructive plate boundary

c. ocean floor d.John Tuzo Wilson

The movement of the
oceanic plate is
smooth.
The movement of the
oceanic plate is
smooth.
 What are the layers of the
earth from outside to inside?
!
! !
a. 
 b. 
 c. 

Mantal
 Crust
 Crust

Crust
 Outer layer
 Mantal

interlayer
 Interlayer
 outer layer
outer layer Mantal interlayer
 What are the layers of the
earth from outside to inside?
!
! !
a. 
 b. 
 c. 

Mantal
 Crust
 Crust

Crust
 Outer layer
 Mantal

interlayer
 Interlayer
 outer layer
outer layer Mantal interlayer
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