Movement of the Crust
Mineral Resources and The Rock Cycle Mineral: naturally occurring, solid, inorganic Material with a crystalline structure and a Definite chemical composition.
Plate Tectonics!
Plate Tectonics. History of the Theory First proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912 Not widely accepted until the 1960s Proposes that Earth’s outer layer.
Plate Tectonics. Overview: The Lithosphere and the Crust Basic Concepts of Plate Tectonics Plate Movements and Boundaries.
Created by Lynne Crandall University of Michigan Revised by Ms. J. Dewar Leo Hayes High School
Earth’s surface is broken into several large pieces called tectonic plates.
Billions of years ago the earths outer crust turned solid forming the planet known as earth lying just above the mantle. The crust is not a solid.
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Mountains and Volcanoes. Mountains Mountains are over 300 m in height and have sloping sides. Orogeny is the process of mountain building Takes tens of.
Planets in The Solar System. Mercury cannot be imaged well from Earth; best pictures are from Mariner 10 Surface Features on Mercury.
Geography revision Weather, tectonic plates, earthquakes and volcanoes.