Transcript Slide 1
EVERYONE IS USEFUL. EVEN THE WORST OF US CAN
SERVE AS A BAD EXAMPLE.
WHAT ARE THE LAYERS OF EARTH?
WHAT ARE THE LAYERS OF EARTH?
CRUST
MANTLE
OUTER CORE
INNER CORE
WHAT IS THE LITHOSPHERE?
WHAT IS THE LITHOSPHERE?
THE LITHOSPHERE IS COMPOSED OF THE
CRUST AND THE SOLID UPPER LAYER OF THE
MANTLE.
THE LITHOSPHERE IS THE SOLID LAYER
THAT MAKES UP THE TECTONIC PLATES. IT
RESTS ON THE SEMIMOLTEN MANTLE CALLED
THE ASTHENOSPHERE.
WHO WAS ALFRED WEGENER?
WHO WAS ALFRED WEGENER?
WEGENER WAS A GERMAN METEOROLOGIST
WHO FIRST PROPOSED THE IDEA THAT
TECTONIC PLATES MOVE.
HE CALLED THIS CONTINENTAL DRIFT.
WHAT DID HE BASE HIS IDEAS ON?
WHAT DID HE BASE HIS IDEAS ON?
AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA FIT LIKE A
JIGSAW PUZZLE.
THE SAME KINDS OF FOSSILS WERE FOUND
ON THE EAST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA
AND THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.
THE SAME KINDS OF ROCKS WERE FOUND
IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE.
WHAT ARE THE THREE KINDS OF PLATE
BOUNDARIES?
WHAT ARE THE THREE KINDS OF PLATE
BOUNDARIES?
DIVERGENT
CONVERGENT
TRANSFORM
WHAT CAUSES THE PLATES TO MOVE
RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER?
WHAT CAUSES THE PLATES TO MOVE
RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER?
CONVECTION FORCES IN THE MANTLE
DUE TO HEATING OF THE MANTLE BY THE
CORE.
WHAT HAPPENS AT DIVERGENT PLATE
BOUNDARIES?
WHAT HAPPENS AT DIVERGENT PLATE
BOUNDARIES?
THE PLATES ARE MOVING AWAY FROM
EACH OTHER.
AT WHAT KINDS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
DO EARTHQUAKES OCCUR?
AT WHAT KINDS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
DO EARTHQUAKES OCCUR?
ALL OF THEM – DIVERGENT,
CONVERGENT AND TRANSFORM
WHAT HAPPENS AT CONVERGENT PLATE
BOUNDARIES?
WHAT HAPPENS AT CONVERGENT PLATE
BOUNDARIES?
THE PLATES ARE MOVING TOGETHER.
IF YOU HAVE AN OCEANIC PLATE
COLLIDING WITH A CONTINENTAL PLATE,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
IF YOU HAVE AN OCEANIC PLATE
COLLIDING WITH A CONTINENTAL PLATE,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
OCEANIC CRUST IS DENSER THAT
CONTINENTAL CRUST, SO THE OCEANIC
PLATE WOULD BE FORCED UNDER THE
CONTINENTAL CRUST.
IT WOULD RESULT IN MOUNTAIN
BUILDING AND VOLCANOES.
AT WHAT TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
DO VOLCANOES OCCUR?
AT WHAT TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
DO VOLCANOES OCCUR?
CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A CONTINENTAL
PLATE COLLIDED WITH A CONTINENTAL
PLATE?
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A CONTINENTAL
PLATE COLLIDED WITH A CONTINENTAL
PLATE?
MOUNTAIN BUILDING WOULD OCCUR.
WHAT IS VISCOSITY?
WHAT IS VISCOSITY?
HOW EASY A LIQUID WILL FLOW.
IN TALKING ABOUT VOLCANOES, WHY IS
VISCOSITY OF THE MAGMA (LAVA)
IMPORTANT?
IN TALKING ABOUT VOLCANOES, WHY IS
VISCOSITY OF THE MAGMA (LAVA)
IMPORTANT?
THE HIGHER THE VISCOSITY, THE MORE
LIKELY AN EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION WILL
OCCUR.
VOLCANOES WITH LOW VISCOSITY LAVA
HAVE QUIET ERUPTIONS.
WHAT OTHER FACTOR WOULD BE
IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING IF AN
ERUPTION WERE QUIET OR EXPLOSIVE?
WHAT OTHER FACTOR WOULD BE
IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING IF AN
ERUPTION WERE QUIET OR EXPLOSIVE?
HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE LAVA.
THE FOUR TYPES OF VOLCANOES ARE:
COMPOSITE
CINDER CONE
SHIELD
RHYOLITIC CALDERA
WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS?
WHICH IS THE LEAST DANGEROUS?
THE FOUR TYPES OF VOLCANOES ARE:
COMPOSITE
CINDER CONE
SHIELD
RHYOLITIC CALDERA
WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS?
RHYOLITIC CALDERA
WHICH IS THE LEAST DANGEROUS?
SHIELD
WHAT TOOL DO GEOLOGISTS USE TO
DETERMINE THE STRUCTURE OF THE
EARTH?
WHAT TOOL DO GEOLOGISTS USE TO
DETERMINE THE STRUCTURE OF THE
EARTH?
SEISMIC WAVES FROM EARTHQUAKES
WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF SEISMIC
WAVES?
WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF SEISMIC
WAVES?
S WAVES AND P WAVES
WHICH TRAVELS FASTER?
WHICH IS MOST DESTRUCTIVE?
WHICH TRAVELS FASTER?
P WAVES
WHICH IS MOST DESTRUCTIVE?
S WAVES
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
EPICENTER AND THE FOCUS OF AN
EARTHQUAKE?
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
EPICENTER AND THE FOCUS OF AN
EARTHQUAKE?
THE FOCUS IS THE POINT UNDERGROUND
WHERE THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED.
THE EPICENTER IS THE POINT ON THE
SURFACE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FOCUS.
HOW DO SCIENTISTS DETERMINE THE
DISTANCE FROM A SEISMOGRAPH
STATION AND THE EPICENTER OF AN
EARTHQUAKE?
HOW DO SCIENTISTS DETERMINE THE
DISTANCE FROM A SEISMOGRAPH
STATION AND THE EPICENTER OF AN
EARTHQUAKE?
MEASURE THE DIFFERENCE IN ARRIVAL
TIMES OF P WAVES AND S WAVES AND
USE A REFERENCE TABLE.
HOW WOULD SCIENTISTS LOCATE THE
EPICENTER OF AN EARTHQUAKE?
HOW WOULD SCIENTISTS LOCATE THE
EPICENTER OF AN EARTHQUAKE?
USE THE S WAVE/P WAVE DATA TO
CALCULATE DISTANCES FROM 3
SEISMOPGRAPH STATIONS. THEN DRAW
DISTANCE CIRCLES FOR EACH. WHERE
THE 3 CIRCLES CROSS WOULD BE THE
EPICENTER.