Chapter 2: Plate Tectonics

Learning Objectives

- Be able to thoroughly describe Earth’s interior layers.
- Be able to describe the theories Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics and the differences between the two theories.
- Be able to describe each type of plate boundary including landforms and hazards associated with each.
- Know the 3 different types of convergent boundaries, how the plates interact with each other and the landforms associated with each.
- Be able to describe how Hot Spots can show the movement of the tectonic plates.

Required Reading

Plate Tectonics

Other Helpful Resources

Continental Drift, Sea Floor Spreading, and Plate Tectonics

USGS- The Dynamic Earth

Vision Learning: Plates, Plate Boundaries, and Driving Forces

Homework

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