Plate Tectonics. What is the Theory of Continental Drift?

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Plate Tectonics

What is the Theory of Continental Drift?

Alfred Wegner, 1915 The continents were once a super-continent called Pangea the continents are plowing through the ocean floors---most people didn’t believe this

What evidence supports this theory? Africa & South America look like they fit together similar fossils, rocks, and glacial striationssimilar fossils, rocks, and glacial striations

What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics? Earth's crust is made up of plates that ride on top of the asthenosphereEarth's crust is made up of plates that ride on top of the asthenosphere The plates move due to convection currents in the mantleThe plates move due to convection currents in the mantle

What evidence supports this theory? distribution of earthquakes and volcanoesdistribution of earthquakes and volcanoes sea-floor spreading

How do oceanic and continental crust compare with regard to thickness and density? continentaloceanic Density (ESRTs pg 10) thickness

What are the primary rocks which make up the continental and oceanic crusts? continental crust oceanic crust High density, dark- colored, fine-grained, mafic igneous rock Low-density, light- colored, coarse- grained, felsic, igneous rock

What are these types of plate boundaries? What are the key characteristics for each? Give an example of where each can be found.

What happens to the age of oceanic crust as distance increases from a ridge?

Explain how magnetic data can be used to show that oceanic crust is diverging at ridges. Use the diagram below to help explain your answer.diagram as new crust is made at ridges, the ferrous minerals (Fe) align according to where the magnetic poles are located same pattern on opposite sides of the ridge proves sea-floor spreading

Quiz Continued: On the back of your quiz, draw the following: Continental-Continental Convergent Continental-Oceanic Convergent Oceanic-Oceanic Divergent Continental-Continental Divergent

Plate Models Create the following drawings and a model: Continental-Continental Convergent Continental-Oceanic Convergent Oceanic-Oceanic Divergent Continental-Continental Divergent Label all landforms