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    The document summarizes plate tectonics and the movement of tectonic plates. There are three types of plate boundaries: convergent where plates move together forming trenches and volcanoes, divergent where plates move apart forming ridges, and transform where plates slide past each other forming faults. Plates move due to convection currents in the asthenosphere, which causes tension, compression, folding, and faulting at plate boundaries. This movement of plates was first proposed in the theory of plate tectonics by Alfred Wegener.

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    The document summarizes plate tectonics and the movement of tectonic plates. There are three types of plate boundaries: convergent where plates move together forming trenches and volcanoes, divergent where plates move apart forming ridges, and transform where plates slide past each other forming faults. Plates move due to convection currents in the asthenosphere, which causes tension, compression, folding, and faulting at plate boundaries. This movement of plates was first proposed in the theory of plate tectonics by Alfred Wegener.

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    Movement of Plates

    - Folding & Faulting


    - Plate Boundaries
    - Plate Movement

    Key Qs:
    1. What are the types of plate boundaries?
    2. What causes plate tectonics to move?

    - Earth’s surface is composed of tectonic plates that are slowly but constantly moving.
    - Plate tectonics experience different types of forces; tension and compression.

    Tension occurs when the plates are pulled apart causing either an elongation or a breakage in the crust.
    effect/result: volcanic islands and mid-oceanic ridges are formed.

    Compression occurs when the plates are pushed toward each other causing them to crash.
    effect/result: mountains and earthquakes are formed.

    Folding occurs when the Earth’s crust bends away from a flat surface
    Anticline - upward bend
    Syncline - downward bend

    Faulting happens when the Earth’s crust completely breaks and slides past each other.
    - Causes earthquakes to occur.

    THREE TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES

    1. Convergent - Two plates move toward each other: oceanic-oceanic, oceanic-continental


    - Subduction - denser sinks over the other
    - Formation of TRENCHES and VOLCANOES

    2. Divergent - Two plates move away from each other: magma rises and forms new land.
    - Older rocks are pushed aside
    - Formation of RIDGES

    3. Transform-Fault - When plates slide past each other: two plates move/slide in opposite directions.
    - Formation of Faults

    THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS

    Alfred Wegener

    Wegener proposed that all of the continents once formed a “supercontinental” called Pangaea.

    Evidence: Geographical (continental coast), Biological (fossils found in diff. continents - same fossils), and Climate
    Evidence (glacial period occurred in the areas of South America, South Africa, South India, Antarctica, and Australia)

    - Continents rest on massive slabs of rock called TECTONIC PLATES


    - Tectonic plates are always moving due to the motion of the region in the upper mantle called ASTHENOSPHERE
    - Convection currents
    - Some of the most dynamic sites of tectonic activity are seafloor spreading and giant rift valleys.

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