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SCIENCE 6 PPT Q4 - Plate Tectonics and Plate Boundaries 2
SCIENCE 6 PPT Q4 - Plate Tectonics and Plate Boundaries 2
EARTH
1. Layers of the Earth
Layers of the Earth – Smart Learning for All
PLATE
TECTONICS
VOCABULARY WORDS
Crustal Plate- a rigid (hard)
layer of the Earth’s crust.
1. Eurasian Plate
2. African Plate
3. Pacific Plate
4. Indian Plate
5. Australian Plate
6. Antarctic Plate
7. American Plate (North and
South)
THE PLATE
BOUNDARIES
PLATE BOUNDARIES
The Earth’s crust is divided
into two:
ContinentalCrust
Oceanic Crust
TECTONIC PLATES
A tectonic plate is a massive,
irregularly shaped piece of
solid rock.
It is commonly made up of
both continental and oceanic
crust (lithosphere).
The tectonic plates are moving
in different directions
TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES