Plate Tectonics. Brief Structure of the Earth Divided into layers: –Core, mantle, crust.
Geology - is the study of rocks and materials that make up Earth and the processes that shape it.
(ALFRED WEGENER 1915 ) I PANGEA- A LARGE LANDMASS CONTAINING ALL OF THE CONTINENTS. WHICH EVENTUALLY BROKE INTO TWO LANDMASSES a) LAURASIA- N. AMERICA,EUROPE,
Inner Core – the dense, solid center of the earth, formed mostly of iron and nickel Outer core – the liquid layer of the earth’s core that surrounds.
7. plate tectonics notes
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Hazards Revision Slides
BOOK REVIEW. 1. List & Explain the 5 Parts of the Earth System.
PLATE TECTONICS Inside Earth. Geologists are scientists who study the forces that make and shape the Earth. Geologists study constructive and destructive.
Earth Systems Science Chapter 7 I.Structure of the Earth II.Plate Tectonics The solid part of the earth system includes processes, just like the atmosphere.
Earth's Layers Standard 8-3.1 Earth’s Layers How are the earth’s layers similar to an egg? Shell=crust Egg white=mantle Yolk=core.
Plate Tectonics Objective(s): SWBAT describe the layers of the Earth. SWBAT describe the plate tectonics theory including, how plate tectonics operating.
