miércoles, 23 de noviembre de 2011

Classwork

pg 128 - 131


What are the listhoperic plates also called?
Tectonic plates


What do all plates have in common?
A part of the crust and a part of the upper mantle.


Name 3 lithosperic plates:
Oceanic plates
Mixed plates
Continental plates


Match the principal plates with the 3 kinds of lithosperic plates:


Pacific, Nazca = Oceanic plates
African Eurasian, Indo-Australian, Antartic = Continental plates
Indo-Australian, African Eurasian, Antartic = Mixed plates


Where is the boundary of South American and African plate?
In the Atlantic Ocean


What is special about the continental plates?
That they are made of continental crust.


What happens with the movement of the plates?

Divergent boundaries




Convergent boundaries



Transform faults







What is the most important?
Transform faults

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