Plate Tectonics
As you will be learning, the crust of the Earth is broken up into pieces we call
plates. These plates sit on top of the upper mantle, which can flow, so as a result,
the plates move at a rate of centimeters per year. The major
plates:
Due to Plate Tectonics
There are mountains, ocean trenches, island arcs, volcanoes, earthquakes,
tsunamis and subduction zones.
Click on the links below for additional information
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
This United States Geological Survey website is the online publication of "The Story
of Plate Tectonics."
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/
Interactive plate tectonics activity where you can manipulate tectonic plates and see
what happens.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents
.shtml
Zoom school's plate tectonics web site, all about plate tectonics.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/