History of Plate Tectonics Theory

Who is Alfred Wegner?

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What was his main contribution to the theory and his evidence?
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Who is Arthur Holmes?
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What are geomagnetic anomalies?
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Who is Harry Hess?
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Who is Robert Dietz?
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Layers of Earth (Create a poster modeling these layers)

Poster must include: Composition, temperature, and thickness
 Crust
 Lithosphere
 Asthenosphere
 Mesospheric Mantle
 Outer Core
 Inner Core

Plates
About how many major plates are related to Earth? __________________________________________

What layer of the Earth do these plates “float” on? ___________________________________________

How many types of plates are there and what are their names?
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What are plate boundaries?
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Plate Boundaries
What are the three types of plate boundaries? _______________________________________________

What are convergent boundaries? _________________________________________________________

Diagram the plate movements and which landforms are created when these plates converge:

Oceanic – Oceanic Oceanic – Continental Continental – Continental

Example: Example: Example:

What are Divergent boundaries? __________________________________________________________

Diagram the plate movements and which landforms are created when these plates diverge:

Oceanic Continental

Example: Example:

What are transform boundaries? __________________________________________________________

Diagram the plate movements and what happens as a result when these plates move past each other:

Transform

Example:
Tectonic Plate Movement

Driving Forces

What are convection currents? ____________________________________________________________

Which layer of the Earth do convection currents occur? _______________________________________

What is isostasy and its relation to plate tectonics? ___________________________________________

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What is Basal Drag?

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What is Slab suction?

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Effects of Tectonics

What are constructive and destructive forces?

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How do the following hazards occur?

 Landslide
 Rock deformation
 Magnetic/gravity anomalies
 Geologic Composition
What is the Law of Superposition?

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Order the layers from oldest to youngest:

What is the Law of Horizontality?

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What is the Law of Crosscutting Relationships?

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