Objectives:

1. Discuss the Layers of the Earth;

2. Define the Plate Tectonics; and
3. Illustrate the movements of the plates.
 Internal Structure and
Composition of the Solid Earth
Core – densest layer of the inner structure of
the Earth. It is about 3,500 km thick to its
center.
Mantle – It is less denser than the core. It is
a semi-solid.
Crust – 20-100 km thick solid outermost
layer of the Earth.
Lithosphere – the rigid outer shell of the
Earth, composed of the crust the upper
mantle.

Asthenosphere – the mobile part of the

mantle under the lithosphere.
Discuss:
Plate Tectonics – (read the definition)
Tectonic Plates
2 Types of plates
Tectonic plates around the world
How the plates move?

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Seatwork:
1. What is Plate Tectonic Theory?
2. Explain how the plates move.

Assignment:
1. Relate the jigsaw puzzle and the
tectonic plates.