Ch 7: Plate Tectonics A work in progress …. Animation of Continental Drift pangea moving Pangea w/ labels PANGAEA: – Name of a supercontinent. – All continents.
Plate Tectonics Lynn Hahn. Tectonic Plate Theory Theory that explains the movement of continents across the globe. It explains why some earthquakes occur.
CHAPTER 10 SECTION 1. CONTINENTAL DRIFT Objectives Summarize Wegners hypothesis of continental drift Describe the process of sea floor spreading Identify.
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CHAPTER 9 Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes. Earth endogenic systems produce continental and oceanic surface features through core-to-crust tectonic.
Plate Tectonics. The Plate Tectonic Theory The plate tectonic theory states that the crust of the Earth is broken into several large sections known as.
Mountain Belts formed at Divergent and Convergent Boundaries.
Key Stage 5 - Volcano Eruption! .
Plate Tectonics Definition of ‘Plate Tectonics’ Plate(s) – “flat” pieces of the lithosphere that cover the dynamic earth Tecton – Greek word for ‘movement’