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Two types of material in the crust

What is silicon, magnesium, oxygen, calcium, carbon, aluminium, sodium, iron, nickel etc

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Plate in Africa
African Plate
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a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
Plate Tectonics
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Everywhere
Where are plate tectonics located?
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What is seafloor spreading

When magma seeps out of a plate boundary and creates new crust

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Two types of crust
Ballistic And Malasitic
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Plates in Europe
European Plates
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The lithosphere is broken up into
Tectonic Plates
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What's the name of your teacher's horse?

Dingo (Miss Goldmann)

Mayo (Miss O'Byrne)

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What is evidence for seafloor spreading 

Magnetic striping


Age of crust


Crust thickness

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3 types of plate boundary


convergent, divergent, transform

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Plate in Antarctica

Antarctic Plate

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Tectonic Plates have their own each kind of
crust
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Can plate tectonic movement be predicted?
Yes
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What is the difference between a seismograph and a seismometer

SG - graphs and measures over time

SM - instant digital readings


400

Evidence of tectonic plate theory (at least 2)

Fossil Evidence 

Climate change evidence 

puzzle piece continents

Rock formations are the same

400

Plate in Eastern Europe

Eurasion Plate

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Tectonic plates are able to move because the Earth's lithosphere has a higher strength than the underlying...

asthenosphere

400

True or false - plate tectonics move metres per year

False

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How can GPS help us monitor and predict earthquakes?

Locations can be tracked and recorded so we can predict the likelihood and plan for earthquakes


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Who first suggested the theory of plate tectonics?

Alfred Wegener

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Plate in America
American Plate
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Plate Tectonic Movements are generated by the movement of what?

Convection currents in the mantle


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What causes Plate tectonics to move?

Convection currents in the magma

500

What is the difference between S and P waves (answer, or draw on board)

P waves, also known as primary waves, are the fastest seismic waves and are the first to be detected by seismographs. 

In contrast, S waves, or secondary waves, are slower than P waves and can only travel through solids and have a bigger peak and are more destructive.

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