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The Theory of Plate Tectonics (pages 150–154)
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How Plates Move (page 151)
Key Concept: The theory of plate tectonics explains the formation, movement, and subduction of Earth’s plates.
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Earth’s surface is broken into many jagged pieces. The surface is like the shell of a hard-boiled egg that has been dropped.
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The pieces of Earth’s surface are called plates. Plates carry continents, ocean floors, or both.
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The theory of plate tectonics says that Earth’s plates move because of convection currents in the mantle.
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Currents in the mantle carry plates on Earth’s surface, like currents in water carry boats on a river.
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Plates can meet in three different ways. Plates may pull apart, push together, or slide past each other. Wherever plates meet, you usually find volcanoes, mountain ranges, or deep-ocean trenches.
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Answer the following questions
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Jagged pieces of Earth’s surface are called
Plates
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Is the following sentence true or false?
Earth’s plates carry only the continents.
False
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Circle the letter of the sentence that states the theory of plate tectonics.
a. Earth’s plates cannot move because they are made of solid rock.b. Earth’s plates move because of convection currents in the mantle.c. Earth’s moving plates cause convection currents in the mantle.
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Plate Boundaries (pages 152–154)
Key Concept: There are three kinds of plate boundaries: divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, and transform boundaries.
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A different type of plate movement occurs along each type of boundary.
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A plate boundary is where two plates meet. Faults form along plate boundaries. A fault is a break in Earth’s crust where blocks of rock have slipped past each other.
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Where two plates move apart, the boundary is called a divergent boundary.
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A divergent boundary between two oceanic plates forms a mid-ocean ridge. A divergent boundary between two continental plates forms a deep valley called a rift valley.
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Where two plates push together, the boundary is called a convergent boundary.
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A convergent boundary between two oceanic plates forms a deep-ocean trench.
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A convergent boundary between two continental plates forms a mountain range.
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Where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions, the plate boundary is called a transform boundary.
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At a transform boundary, earthquakes may occur.
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Answer the following questions.
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fault boundary rift valley
The edges of two plates meet at a plate ________________
A break in Earth’s crust where blocks of rock have slipped past each other is a ____________
A deep valley formed along the divergent boundary is a ______________
boundary
fault
rift valley
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Plate Boundaries
Type of Plate Boundary
How Plates Move
What Forms or Happens
Divergent boundary
plates move apart
mid-ocean ridges or rift valleys
Convergent boundary
a. deep-ocean trenches or mountain ranges
b. plates slide past each other
earthquakes
Plates push together
Transform boundary
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The End
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National Geographic Plate Techtonics