earth science: plate tectonics
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Earth Science: Plate Tectonics. How do we see inside the Earth?. Waves Seismic waves Seismology Study & measurement of seismic waves What do we know that produces seismic waves?. Two main types of waves. “P” Waves “S” waves. P-waves. “P” or Primary waves Longitudinal - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Earth Science: Plate Tectonics
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How do we see inside the Earth?
• Waves• Seismic waves• Seismology
– Study & measurement of seismic waves• What do we know that produces
seismic waves?
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Two main types of waves
• “P” Waves• “S” waves
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P-waves
“P” or Primary waves– Longitudinal– Compress and expand– Fastest – Travel through all mediums ( solid, liquid
and air)
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“S” Waves
• “S” or Secondary waves– Transverse– Vibrate up and down / side to side– Slower than “P” waves– Only travel through solids
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Layers of the Earth
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The Crust• Surface layer• Like an eggshell• Thin• Brittle• Can crack• Two regions:
– Oceanic (Basalt rock)– Continental (granite rock)
• Crust is less dense than the mantle• Like ice on water; the crust floats on the mantle
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The Mantle
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The Mantle• Rocky• Like the crust• Silicon• Oxygen• Iron, magnesium, calcium are heavier
elements• Mantle is denser• How does the Earth’s crust add to the
density of the mantle?• Weight bearing down on the mantle…it
compresses the minerals, increasing the pressure and squeezing them into rocks.
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The Mantle
• Higher temperature • Why?• Increased pressure• Decay of radioactive elements
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Layers of The Mantle• Upper mantle• Lithosphere
– Rigid rock upper portion of upper mantle
• Asthenosphere– Lies beneath lithosphere
and “flows” like plastic– It is solid…silly putty
• Lower mantle
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The Core• Two layers: inner and
outer core• 15% Earth’s volume• 30% Earth’s mass• 2x as dense as the
Earth’s mantle• Why?• Made of metallic iron• Inner core is VERY hot!• Some places as hot as the
surface of the sun!
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The Inner Core
• Solid Iron– How? – Pressure from Earth keeps Iron packed
tightly; doesn’t allow it’s atoms to flow
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The Outer Core
• Outer Core– Liquid Iron– Less pressure – Flows and spins as Earth
rotates– Creates convection
currents– Affects Earth’s surface– Produces electrical charge– Possibly responsible for
Earth’s magnetic field
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Magnetosphere
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Convection Currents
• What are convection currents?
• Current of heat flows from core to crust
• This sets up a convection current in the mantle
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Effects of Convection Currents
• When the current comes at a weaker part of the crust, for example at a volcano, magma comes above the earth's surface.
• This is called plate tectonics. • The movement of these plates goes very
slowly.• The bumping of two tectonic plates
causes an earthquake. • The convection current along the bottom
of the crust causes the moving of the tectonic plates.
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Continental Drift & Tectonic Plates
• Wegner’s Hypothesis on Continental Drift
• The World’s continents are in motion
• At one time, the continents were joined together as one…
• This was known as Pangea• They fit together like a
jigsaw puzzle
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What caused the continents to separate?
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Continental Drift
• Wegner’s theory that proposed the landmass known as Pangea started breaking up
• Separated into two parts: Laurasia and Gondwanaland
• Wegner’s theory of the separation of Pangea was supported by fossil, biological, climatological and geological evidence
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Seafloor Spreading
• Seafloor is not permanent• Constantly renewing itself• Mid Atlantic Ridge (longest & tallest
mountain range in the world, center of the Atlantic Ocean)
• Forms islands: Iceland and Azore• There are rifts in the mountains
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Plate tectonics
• Continents move because they are embedded in plates
• The plates shuffle or move atop of the Earth’s surface
• Plates move in different directions and different speeds from each other
• There are nine large plates and several smaller plates
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Plate Boundaries
• Divergent Boundaries• Plates move away from
each other• Comes from rock in
athenosphere• Partially melted• The rock partially melts
= lava• It was magma before it
left the surface of the Earth
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Convergent boundaries
• Plates move toward each other
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Transform fault boundaries• Plates slide past each other
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Earthquakes
• Devastating• Stress (force) applied to rock• Stress causes strain• Eventually the rock cannot bend
anymore• It breaks and releases stored energy• The released energy ( Seismic
Waves) travel out in all directions
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Earthquakes cont• The initiating site of the
seismic wave: focus• The point at Earth’s
surface directly above the focus: epicenter
• Measured on a Richter Scale ( the incraments are ten fold in magnitude…
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Tsunami• Seismic sea wave• Created by an
earthquake