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    The document summarizes plate tectonics and the structure of the Earth. It describes how the Earth's crust is made up of large tectonic plates that are constantly moving at a few centimeters per year due to convection currents in the mantle. There are different types of plate boundaries where the plates meet, including destructive boundaries where plates collide and new crust is formed. Earthquakes and volcanoes primarily occur at plate boundaries as the plates interact with each other.

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    The document summarizes plate tectonics and the structure of the Earth. It describes how the Earth's crust is made up of large tectonic plates that are constantly moving at a few centimeters per year due to convection currents in the mantle. There are different types of plate boundaries where the plates meet, including destructive boundaries where plates collide and new crust is formed. Earthquakes and volcanoes primarily occur at plate boundaries as the plates interact with each other.

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    The document summarizes plate tectonics and the structure of the Earth. It describes how the Earth's crust is made up of large tectonic plates that are constantly moving at a few centimeters per year due to convection currents in the mantle. There are different types of plate boundaries where the plates meet, including destructive boundaries where plates collide and new crust is formed. Earthquakes and volcanoes primarily occur at plate boundaries as the plates interact with each other.

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    Watch Ice Age: Continental Drift | Ice Age 4: Scrat Continental Crack Up

    https://youtu.be/zocutif0cQY
    The crust is the rocky outer
    layer. It is thin compared to the
    other sections, approximately 5
    to 70 km thick. The mantle is
    The crust is made up semi-molten and
    of plates. There are about 3,000 km
    two types of crust: thick.
    oceanic and
    continental plate.
    The oceanic crust is
    found under the sea
    and is thinner and
    more dense than the
    continental crust.
    The outer core
    is 2,000 km
    thick and is a
    liquid.

    The inner core is 5,500°C -


    extremely hot. It is a very dense
    solid made from iron and nickel.
    2. Plate Tectonics
    World Map
    • The Earth's surface is made up of large plates (like pieces of a jigsaw).
    • These plates are constantly travelling at a few centimetres per year.
    • The ocean floors are spreading from the centre and sinking at the edges.
    • Convection currents beneath the plates move the plates in different directions.
    Plate tectonic theory
    • One of the main My name is Alfred Wegner and I was the
    pieces of evidence first person to put forward the theory of
    plate tectonics. I told people about it in
    that scientists and 1912, but no one really believed it until the
    geographers use to 1950s. I noticed that the shapes of the
    know how old the continents seemed to fit together like a
    jigsaw, and also that various species are
    earth is, is the found in different parts of the world, even
    theory of plate though they are separated by oceans.
    tectonics.
    • This means that
    huge pieces of rock
    within the Earth are
    actually moving https://youtu.be/_
    apart, towards or 5q8hzF9VVE
    WATCH LEISURELY…..
    against each other.
    © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2018 25892 6
    Plate movement
    • https://
    youtu.be/QDqskltCixA
    Watch the video- The Early
    Earth and Plate Tectonics

    Heat from the core causes


    convection currents in the
    mantle. These currents
    slowly move the crust
    around. In some places the
    crust is destroyed. In other
    places new crust is formed.
    Plate movement
    • Tectonic plates are pieces of the rocky outer layer of
    the Earth known as the crust.
    • Earthquakes and volcanoes are primarily found at plate
    boundaries (It is where the plates meet).
    • The tectonic plates are like giant rafts that slowly move
    around. Their movement is driven by convection
    currents in the mantle. The mantle is much hotter than
    the crust and its rock is molten.
    • At the boundaries between plates, molten magma is
    able to force its way to the surface and escape as lava.
    Plate boundaries
    • There are a number of
    different types of plate
    boundary.
    1)Destructive Plate Margin
    2)Collision Plate Margin form
    when two continental plates
    collide. Neither plate is forced
    under the other, and so both
    are forced up and form fold
    https://youtu.be/yBr-D1cFmEs
    mountains. E.g Himalayas
    Watch…. Tectonic Plates - The Skin of Our
    3) Constructive Plate Margin Planet | Down to Earth
    4) Conservative Plate margin
    Eurasian Plate
    Destructive
    Plate Boundary

    Plate

    Indian Plate

    Plate

    Mantle

    A destructive plate boundary is where two plates push


    against each other causing violent earthquakes, volcanoes
    and mountain ranges to be formed.
    Constructive Plate
    Plate
    Boundary
    Plate
    Mantle

    Two plates move away from


    each other.

    Molten rock (magma) rises Arabian Plate


    from the mantle to fill the
    gap between the two plates.

    Causes volcanoes and


    earthquakes but also forms Red Sea
    mid-ocean ridges that African Plate
    develop into islands.
    Causes earthquakes, which
    can be fairly violent and
    frequent.

    Two plates slide past each


    other, without creating or
    destroying any land.

    As they move past each other


    they often get stuck,
    building up great pressure
    until finally they jolt past
    each other. This sudden
    movement is what causes
    earthquakes.
    Plates

    Conservative Plate
    Boundary Mantle
    Plate Tectonics
    • Identify the major tectonic plates that make up
    part of the Earth’s crust.

    • Describe the direction of plate movement at


    each type of plate boundary.
    Summary

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