Plate Tectonics Unit: Dynamic Planet. The Unit so far Absolute and Relative Dating Absolute and...

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Plate Tectonics Unit: Dynamic Planet

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Plate TectonicsUnit: Dynamic Planet

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The Unit so far

• Absolute and Relative Dating

• Rock Column• Index Fossil

• Principle of original horizontality• Half-life

• Radiometric Dating

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The Unit so far

• You already know that the earth is divided into plates that move and

shift

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•W

hat a

re

Earth

qu

ake

s an

d• What are the

forces That are involved in causing

these dynamic aspects of the

Earth?

volc

an

oes?

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Wh

at ca

use

s the

Earth

to m

ove a

nd

I can model the forces believed

to be involved in the movement of

the crust.

volc

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pt?

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Vocabulary• Subduction zone

• Oceanic Crust/plate• Continental

Crust/plate• Earthquake• Partial melt• Volcano• Crust• Mantel

• Lithosphere• Asthenosphere

• Core• Ocean Trench/Ridge• Divergent plate

boundary• Convergent plate

boundary• Transform plate

boundary

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Layers of the Earth

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Lets look at your model

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92% of the ocean is 39o

In an area where fluids of different temperatures are

mixed what happens with the colder temperature fluids?