Plate Tectonics

Layers of the Earth

Information on Layers of the Earth can be found in Chapter 7, section 1.

Here is a useful chart on the various layers

Information on Plate Tectonics can be found in your textbook in chapter 7 sections 2, 3, and 4.

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary:

• continental drift

• seafloor spreading

• plate tectonics

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• compression

• tension

• folding

• fault (normal, strike slip, reverse)

• fault block mountains

• folded mountains

• uplift

• subsidence

Plate Tectonics:

Seafloor Spreading:

3 types of faults:

Useful Links:

Volcano Diagrams: http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/a485_l2-volcano-diagram.html

Plate Boundaries: http://geology.com/nsta/transform-plate-boundaries.shtml

Faults: http://www2.nature.nps.gov/Geology/usgsnps/deform/gfaults.html

Faults: http://www2.geo.uib.no/SEIS-SCHOOL/ariadna/faults3.html

Pangea: http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Pangea/Pangea1.html

Plate Tectonics: http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/plate_tectonics/introduction.html

All about Plate Tectonics: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml