1. Sixth grade Ms. Martinez

2.   “You are on a journey to the center of the Earth with friends. Write about your journey describing what the inside of the Earth looks like as you travel to the most interior realms of our planet.” Welcoming Work

3.   What is a divergent boundary?  Convergent boundary?  Transform boundary?  What is subduction?  What is the “Subduction zone?” Guide

4.  Vocabulary  Inner core,  outer core,  mantle,  crust,  asthenosphere,  lithosphere,  plate tectonics,  oceanic plates,  continental plates,  plate boundary,  Eurasian plate,  African plate,  Indo-Australian plate,  Pacific plate,  North American plate,  South American plate

5.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukqe_6L9V54 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukqe_6L9V54 intro

6.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mWQs1_L3fA &feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mWQs1_L3fA &feature=related Lesson

7.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qcGv-fnVyY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qcGv-fnVyY Foldable

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9.   What is a divergent boundary?  Convergent boundary?  Tranform boundary?  What is subduction? DOL

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11.  What is Plate Tectonics  The Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called plates  Plates move around on top of the mantle like rafts

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13.  What is the Lithosphere?  The crust and part of the upper mantle = lithosphere  100 km thick  Less dense than the material below it so it “floats”

14.  What is the Asthenoshere?  The plastic layer below the lithosphere = asthenosphere  The plates of the lithosphere float on the asthenosphere

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16. Questions...  What is the theory of plate tectonics?  What is the lithosphere?  What is the asthenosphere?  What is the connection between the two?  What are the two types of plates?

17.  Plate Boundaries

18.  Divergent Boundaries  Boundary between two plates that are moving apart or rifting    RIFTING causes SEAFLOOR SPREADING

19.  Features of Divergent Boundaries  Mid-ocean ridges  rift valleys  fissure volcanoes

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21.  Convergent Boundaries  Boundaries between two plates that are colliding    There are 3 types…

22.  Type 1  Ocean plate colliding with a less dense continental plate  Subduction Zone: where the more dense plate slides under the less dense plate  VOLCANOES occur at subduction zones  Such as the Himalaya Range.

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24.  Andes Mountains, South America

25.  Type 2  Ocean plate colliding with another ocean plate  The more dense plate slides under the less dense plate creating a subduction zone called a TRENCH

26.  Aleutian Islands, Alaska

27.  Type 3  A continental plate colliding with another continental plate  Have Collision Zones:  a place where folded and thrust faulted mountains form.  They have similar densities, as a result they buckle when they collide piling up into high mountain ranges.

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30.  Transform Fault Boundaries  Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other  EARTHQUAKES along faults

31.  San Andreas Fault, CA

32. Questions...  What are the three types of boundaries?  What direction do plates go for each?  Which boundary has a subduction zone…what occurs at a subduction zone?

33.  Causes of Plate Tectonics

34.  Convection Currents  Hot magma in the Earth moves toward the surface, cools, then sinks again.  Creates convection currents beneath the plates that cause the plates to move.

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36. Questions...  What causes plates to move?  How is a convection current formed?