1. Plate Tectonics Lesson 2 Continental Drift and Major Plates

2. Objectives Explain the continental drift theory. Name and locate the major plates & plate margins. Name and locate the Caribbean & adjacent plate Draw simple diagrams of each plate margins. Describe each plate margin Identify the landforms associated with each plate margin. Explain the formation and distribution of earthquakes, volcanoes and fold mountains globally and in the Caribbean.

3. Continental Drift The continental drift theory states that about 200 million years ago all the continents were joined together into one large super continent known as Pangaea. Due to plate movement over time these continents moved away from each other to form the continents that we know today.

4. Websites http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRmvgrAe Cbo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRmvgrAe Cbo&feature=related http://www.suu.edu/faculty/colberg/hazards/pl atetectonics/18_Pangaea.html http://www.suu.edu/faculty/colberg/hazards/pl atetectonics/18_Pangaea.html

6. The continents we know today

7. Distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes

8. Location of Plates Eurasian Plate Arabian Plate Philippine Plate African Plate Antarctica Plate Juan de Fuca Plate Pacific Plate Cocos Plate Nazca Plate South American Plate Caribbean Plate North American Plate Australian-Indian Plate

10. Caribbean Plate