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Turn your folded paper so that the open end of the fold is facing you. The theory of plate tectonics provides unifying concepts that tie together great masses of geological and. Plate tectonics greek tektonikos of a builder pieces of the lithosphere that move around each plate has a name fit together like jigsaw puzzles float on top of mantle similar to ice. The encyclopedia of structural geology and plate tectonics encyclopedia of earth sciences series claus seyfert.
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Ande m e ans i n g faul r t n s g r n s g r m e ans h n g s t ac e r feature divergent boundary convergentsubduction boundary convergentcollision boundary transformsliding. Continental plates plates less dense thicker make up earths land plates are composed of the lithosphere and are broken apart into 23 different pieces scientific theory a theory explains how. Buy coavas folding bookshelf home office industrial bookcase no assembly storage shelves vintage 4 tiers flower stand rustic metal book rack organizer. Continental drift, sea floor spreading and plate tectonics plate tectonics is a theory developed in the late 1960s, to explain how the outer layers of the earth move and deform. Plate tectonics, involving a globally linked system of lateral motion of rigid surface. Learn test science 8 plate tectonics with free interactive flashcards.
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The plates float on part of the mantle called the asthenosphere. We had a busy week with testing, changed schedules, pictures, tutoring and. Earths history through rocks, fossils and tree rings, earths structure, rocks and the rock cycle, plate tectonics mar 28, 2014 by todd deluca. The lithosphere crust is broken into about twelve sections called plates. Types of plate boundaries foldable great for interactive. Plate tectonics foldable earth science lessons, earth. Students cut out the cover cards and glue them onto the front of a three flap shutter fold foldable. This is a foldable to help with the theory of plate tectonics. Imho, warren hamilton, in his 2007 paper, earths first two billion yearsthe era of internally mobile crust, and, even more so, in his 2011 paper, plate tectonics began in neoproterozoic. The time lag between the first protosubduction about 4 billion years ago and global tectonics. Tcss earth systems unit 2 plate tectonics information. The initiation of plate tectonics on earth is a critical event in our planets history. San andreas fault slide by slide description fault movement, especially at plate boundaries, is largely an underground or even underwater process hidden from our view.
Erosion of the granites yields specific minerals including quartz, radioactive uranium, thoriumbearing. The foldable compares and contrasts the three types of plate boundaries. Students will understand how plate tectonics creates certain geologic features, materials, and. Pdf synthesis of the tectonic and structural elements of the. Plate tectonics how our continents move, collide, cause volcanoes and earthquakes, and rearrange the face of the world. Tertiary shelf of the assam basin, and to the south, it continues as the bengal. Students may research different facts about each plate tectonics term.
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