SCIENCE

10:MODULE
PLATE 1
TECTONICS
DISTRIBUTION OF
EARTHQUAKES,
VOLCANOES AND
MOUNTAIN RANGES
 What are Plate
Tectonics?
A tectonic plate (also
called lithospheric
plate) is a massive,
irregularly shaped
slab of solid rock,
generally composed
of both continental
and oceanic
lithosphere.
CONTINENTAL V OCEANIC CRUST
CRUST S.
• FORMS AND • BELOW THE
CONTAINS
OCEAN
LANDMASSES • CONSISTS OF
• CONSISTS OF
BASALT
GRANITE • VERY DENSE
• LESS DENSE
 TECTONIC
PLATES/
PLATE
TECTONICS/
LITHOSPHERI
C PLATES –
THESE ARE
JUST HUGE
PIECES OF
THE
LITHOSPHER
WHAT CAUSES THE PLATE BOUNDARIES
TO MOVE?
Types of Plate
Boundaries
Types of Plate
Boundaries

CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES

DIVERGENT BOUNDARIES

TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES
 WHAT TO DO
GEOLOGIC HARMFUL
EVENT EFFECT/S
BEFORE DURING AFTER
EARTHQUAKE

LANDSLIDE

TSUNAMI

VOLCANIC
ERUPTION
 WHAT TO DO
GEOLOGIC HARMFUL
EVENT EFFECT/S
BEFORE DURING AFTER
EARTHQUAKE

LANDSLIDE

TSUNAMI

VOLCANIC
ERUPTION