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Journey Through Earth

Earth’s Layers

Plate Tectonics Theory that Earth’s outer layer is made up of large, moving pieces called plates. All of Earth’s land and water sit on these plates, like a puzzle. The plates are made of solid rock and float on a weaker layer of partially melted rock.

Landforms Created Fold Mountains Mid-Oceanic Ridges Rift Valleys Trenches Islands Volcanoes

Parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core. Continental Drift Parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core. http://www.tectonics.caltech.edu/outreach/animations/anim_pangaea/Resources/anim_pangaea.mov

Continental/Continental Convergent Boundary Continental/Continental https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuSHOQ6gv5Y

Convergent Boundary Oceanic/Continental https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlymeytlMiM

Divergent Boundary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyMLlLxbfa4

Transform Boundary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxPTLmg0ZCw