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Plate Tectonics Flashcards

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states that the earth’s outer mechanical layer, the lithosphere, is divided into large continent–sized plates that are constantly moving.

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Plate Tectonics Theory

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are where the plates meet

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Boundaries

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3 Types of Plate Tectonics Boundaries

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  • convergent boundary
  • divergent boundary
  • transform boundary
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what type of P.B:
β†’ ←

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  • Convergent
  • collides or towards
  • causes earthquake
  • forms volcanoes and mountains
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what type of P.B:
← β†’

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  • Divergent
  • away or spread apart
  • fissures, cracks, and rifts occurs in the surface
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what type of P.B:
↑↓

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  • Transform
  • slide past each other
  • causes earthquake and tsunami
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Major Plate Tectonics

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  1. Pacific Plate
  2. North American Plate
  3. Eurasian Plate
  4. African Plate
  5. Antartic Plate
  6. Indo-Australian Plate
  7. South American Plate
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Minor Tectonic Plates

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  1. Nazca Plate
  2. Philippine Plate
  3. Arabian plate
  4. Caribbean Plate
  5. Cocos Plate
  6. Scotia Plate
  7. Juan de Fuca Plate
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2 types of layers of the earth

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compositional (chemical)
mechanical (physical)

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are determined by their components or materials/elements

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Compositional layers

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are determined by their physical properties or behavior/mechanism that happen in each layer

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Mechanical layers

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Compositional Layers

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  1. crust
  2. mantle
  3. core
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Crust

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outermost and thinnest layer of the earth

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Mantle

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The thickest and most massive layer. The planet’s mantle consist of MAGMA

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Core

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the innermost layer which is divided into separate regions. mostly made of IRON and NICKEL
- inner outer core
- solid inner core

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Mechanical Layers

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  1. Litosphere
  2. Asthenosphere
  3. Mesosphere
  4. Outer Core
  5. Inner Core
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Litosphere

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the solid outer part of the earth, including brittle upper portion of mantle and crust

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Asthenosphere

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the denser weaker layer beneath lithosperic mantle (not liquid). made of MAGMA

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Mesosphere

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located beneath the asthenosphere. It encompasses the lower mantle, where material still flows but at a much slower
rate than the asthenosphere.

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Outer core (liquid)

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extremely high temp that melt the metals

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Inner core (solid)

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extremely high temp but it is in a solid form

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Why inner core isnt liquid?

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due to extreme pressure.

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2 Types of Crust

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  • Continental Crust
  • Oceanic Crust
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Continental crust

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  • thick, less dense and old
  • 25 miles thick under the continents
  • composed of GRANITE
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Oceanic crust

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  • thin, dense, sinks under and young
  • 3-5 miles thick under the oceans
  • composed of BASALT
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Transition zones

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Discontinuities

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Conrad Discontinuity

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  • Victor Conrad
  • upper and lower crust
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Moho/Mohorovicic discontinuity

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  • Andrija Mohorovicic
  • lower crust and upper mantle
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Repetti discontinuity

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  • William C. Repetti
  • upper and lower mantle
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Gutenburg discontinuity

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  • Beno Gutenburg
  • lower mantle and outer core
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Lehmann discontinuity

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  • Inge Lehmann
  • outer and innner core
32
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oceans in the world

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  1. Pacifi Ocean
  2. Arctic Ocean
  3. Atlantic Ocean
  4. Indian Ocean
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continents in the world

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  1. Asia
  2. Africa
  3. North America
  4. South America
  5. Antartica
  6. Europe
  7. Australia
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largest and smallest ocean in the world

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largest: Pacific Ocean
smallest: Arctic Ocean

35
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largest and smallest continent in the world

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largest: Asia
smallest: Australia

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