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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics. By: Gavin Jones. Background part 1. When the earth was formed the crust tuned in to a solid The crust is huge pieces of rock that hover the mantle The plates move north, south, west, east The size of the plates are 80-400 km The size changes of the plates

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Plate Tectonics

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  1. PlateTectonics By: Gavin Jones

  2. Background part 1 • When the earth was formed the crust tuned in to a solid • The crust is huge pieces of rock that hover the mantle • The plates move north, south, west, east • The size of the plates are 80-400 km • The size changes of the plates all of the time

  3. Background part 2 • The major plates are: the Eurasian plate, Australian Indian plate, Philipineplate, North American plate, Caribbean plate, South American plate, African plate, and more

  4. Questions • Alfred Wegener originated the theory of Pangaea • Pangaea (super cotinent ) was not excepted by scientist un till the late • Pangaea means all lands, it occurred in the Paleozoic and the Mesozoic ears • hesAlexander Dutoit with fossil evidence • Location where plates and crust move together and they make earthquakes and volcanoes to go off • Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and avalanche

  5. Questions • The Indian plate, the Eurasian Plate and the Arabian Plate • Alafia rift valley, Eurasian and north American plates • Location where 2 plates slide past each other • Earth quakes ocean basins • Sanandre as fault pacific plate

  6. Questions • North American plate • Juan De fuca plate, cocas plate, and carbianplates • California • Earthquakes, and maybe rift valleys

  7. Work Cited • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/egifs/Earthsplates.GIF&imgrefurl=http://www.professional-lurker.com/archives/2005_02.html&usg=__S5G6ZYIlCyuxOCBCVKaAaVroMdk=&h=252&w=431&sz=10&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=wFDTnhmcz87EnM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=219&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplate%2Btectonics%2Bnames%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1373%26bih%3D650%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=363&ei=_b_hTKCSMcP-8AbM9fT1Dg&oei=_b_hTKCSMcP-8AbM9fT1Dg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0&tx=87&ty=84 • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.yourtravelbuddynetwork.com/images/us_map.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.yourtravelbuddynetwork.com/US_Vacation_Destinations.html&usg=__Xdos3t5zbNbbv9eRYTpEAfwUc8o=&h=395&w=600&sz=72&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=UGqB97BZZeEFJM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=168&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dus%2Bmap%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1373%26bih%3D650%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=375&ei=GsThTJ_RB4GB8ga_iJyHDw&oei=GsThTJ_RB4GB8ga_iJyHDw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0&tx=69&ty=73 • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://sandiegorealestateagent.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/San-Diego-Earthquake-Insurance.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sandiegorealestateagent.net/insurance/do-i-have-earthquake-insurance-on-my-san-diego-home/&usg=__U6tB19Ft1X4r3gOt2EIGlPWkDwE=&h=291&w=400&sz=49&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=-RWvNxCJF-dQTM:&tbnh=118&tbnw=164&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dearthquake%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1373%26bih%3D650%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=296&vpy=208&dur=5216&hovh=191&hovw=263&tx=125&ty=124&ei=t8ThTMXcJMP98AbK7eGEDw&oei=t8ThTMXcJMP98AbK7eGEDw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0 • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/images/minmi-trench-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/viewpage.php%3Fpage_id%3D309&usg=__9m4Sw2M3CIsOGh1OX4kgsUB_0Kg=&h=400&w=300&sz=20&hl=en&start=25&zoom=1&tbnid=mV7v189z_xtH4M:&tbnh=157&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtrench%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1373%26bih%3D650%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=386&ei=ucXhTJ6dH4a0lQfmu6nXAw&oei=ksXhTKT4FsG78gbPkvj0Dg&esq=5&page=2&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:19,s:25&tx=82&ty=72 • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bowege.html • http://www.expanding-earth.org • http://www.geography-site.co.uk

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