Topic: Earths Features

Essential Question: What crustal features are

created by the movement of Earths plates?

Topic: Earths Features

Essential Question: What crustal features are created by
the movement of Earths plates?

Plate tectonics
The lithosphere (crust) is divided into
tectonic plates
The movement of these plates is
what creates Earths crustal features

Topic: Earths Features

Essential Question: What crustal features are created by
the movement of Earths plates?
Types of boundaries
A boundary is where 2 tectonic plates
meet

Key Topic

The FRAME Routine

The Study of

Earths Features

Name:____________________________
Date:_____________________________
Class Period:____________________
is about

understanding the solid lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on top of the liquid athenosphere
creating different types of boundaries where they meet.
The type of movement of the lithosphere at these boundaries creates unique crustal features all around the world.

Convergent Boundary
Essential Details

Divergent Boundary

Transform Boundary

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So What? (Whats important to understand about this?)

Earths Features are created at Tectonic Plate Boundaries, where two pieces of Earths lithosphere are moving on top of the anthenosphere.
At convergent boundaries plates move together and collide creating mountains, trenches, and volcanoes.
At divergent boundaries, plates move away from each other and new crust is formed, called a mid-ocean ridge or rift valley.
At transform boundaries, plates slide past each other and create faults.

Ready to move?
Lets Act It Out!!!
Students, create a Physical Response for each of
the 3 types of Plate Boundary Movements.
For example: Convergent
push hands together and create a mountain/volcano with
your arms, or
use two people to represent the boundaries.

Key Topic

The FRAME Routine

The Study of

Earths Features

Name:____________________________
Date:_____________________________
Class Period:____________________
is about

understanding the solid lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on top of the liquid athenosphere
creating different types of boundaries where they meet.
The type of movement of the lithosphere at these boundaries creates unique crustal features all around the world.

Convergent Boundary
Essential Details

Essential Details

Essential Details

So What? (Whats important to understand about this?)

Earths Features are created at Tectonic Plate Boundaries, where two pieces of Earths lithosphere are moving on top of the anthenosphere.
At convergent boundaries plates move together and collide creating mountains, trenches, and volcanoes.
At divergent boundaries, plates move away from each other and new crust is formed, called a mid-ocean ridge or rift valley.
At transform boundaries, plates slide past each other and create faults.

Topic: Earths Features

Essential Question: What crustal features are created by
the movement of Earths plates?
Convergent
Collision Boundary
When 2 continental plates collide
Crustal features: mountains

What forces causes the Himalayas

to continue to grow?

Colliding Continental Plates

Key Topic

The FRAME Routine

The Study of

Earths Features

Name:____________________________
Date:_____________________________
Class Period:____________________
is about

understanding the solid lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on top of the liquid athenosphere
creating different types of boundaries where they meet.
The type of movement of the lithosphere at these boundaries creates unique crustal features all around the world.

Convergent Boundary
Essential Details

Collision

Essential Details

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.

Mountains

The Himalayas

So What? (Whats important to understand about this?)

Topic: Earths Features

Essential Question: What crustal features are created by
the movement of Earths plates?
Destructive Convergent Boundary
When an ocean plate collides with a
continental plate, the ocean plate sinks
under the continental plate (subduction)
Crustal features: trenches and volcanic
mountains

Middle American Subduction Zone

Volcanoes
Trench

Aleutian Volcanoes in Alaska

Volcanoes
Trench

Key Topic

The FRAME Routine

The Study of

Earths Features

Name:____________________________
Date:_____________________________
Class Period:____________________
is about

understanding the solid lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on top of the liquid athenosphere
creating different types of boundaries where they meet.
The type of movement of the lithosphere at these boundaries creates unique crustal features all around the world.

Convergent Boundary
Essential Details

Collision
Mountains

Subduction

Essential Details

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.

trench,
volcanoes,
volcanic islands

The Himalayas South of Mexico

Aleutian Volcanoes

So What? (Whats important to understand about this?)

Earths Features are created at Tectonic Plate Boundaries, where two pieces of Earths lithosphere are moving on top of the anthenosphere.
At convergent boundaries plates move together and collide creating mountains, trenches, and volcanoes.
At divergent boundaries, plates move away from each other and new crust is formed, called a mid-ocean ridge or rift valley.
At transform boundaries, plates slide past each other and create faults.

Topic: Earths Features

Essential Question: What crustal features are created by
the movement of Earths plates?
Divergent Boundary
When tectonic plates move away from
each other and new crust is formed.
Crustal features: mid ocean ridges, rifts

Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge

What type of boundary

formed the Iceland?
Iceland was formed from a

What type of boundary formed the Africas Rift Valley?

The Great Rift Valley in Africa was formed from a

Mt. Kilimanjaro is a dormant Volcano

that is part of Africas Great Rift Valley.
http://vimeo.com/75257557
These photos are from Mrs. Jones
Aunts and their hike to the top!

Satellite Map of Mt Kilimanjaro

Topographic Map of Mt Kilimanjaro

Great Rift Valley

Key Topic

The FRAME Routine

The Study of

Earths Features

Name:____________________________
Date:_____________________________
Class Period:____________________
is about

understanding the solid lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on top of the liquid athenosphere
creating different types of boundaries where they meet.
The type of movement of the lithosphere at these boundaries creates unique crustal features all around the world.

Convergent Boundary
Essential Details

Divergent Boundary
Essential Details
When tectonic plates
move away from each other
and new crust is formed.

Mid-Ocean Ridge
Rift Valley

Mid Atlantic Ridge

Great Rift Valley in Africa

So What? (Whats important to understand about this?)

Essential Details

Topic: Earths Features

Essential Question: What crustal features are created by
the movement of Earths plates?
Transform Boundary
When 2 tectonic plates slide past each
other
Crustal Features: faults

San Andreas Fault

Key Topic

The FRAME Routine

The Study of

Earths Features

Name:____________________________
Date:_____________________________
Class Period:____________________
is about

understanding the solid lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on top of the liquid athenosphere
creating different types of boundaries where they meet.
The type of movement of the lithosphere at these boundaries creates unique crustal features all around the world.

Convergent Boundary
Essential Details

Divergent Boundary

Transform Boundary

Essential Details

Essential Details
When tectonic plates slide past
each other at different rates of speed.

Faults

San Andreas Fault

So What? (Whats important to understand about this?)

SO WHAT?
Now lets write a summary
Look at each question, and answer each question in a complete sentence.
-What crustal features are found at a convergent boundary?
-What crustal features are found at a divergent boundary?
-What crustal features are found at a transform boundary?
So What? (Whats important to understand about this?)

At convergent
boundaries plates
move ______ and
collide creating
____________
____________
____________

At divergent
boundaries, plates
move_________
and new crust is
formed, called a
___________
___________.

At transform
boundaries, plates
move_________
and earthquakes
occur along the
___________
___________.

Key Topic

The FRAME Routine

The Study of

Earths Features

Name:____________________________
Date:_____________________________
Class Period:____________________
is about

understanding the solid ________________________is divided into ____________________________________that move

on top of the liquid _____________________________creating different types of boundaries where they meet.
The type of movement of the lithosphere at these boundaries creates unique crustal features all around the world.

Essential Details

Essential Details

So What? (Whats important to understand about this?)

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