Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

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Big Idea• The Earth’s interior is in constant motionthrough the processes of convection, withimportant consequences for the surface.
History• Alfred Wegener• 1910 to 1925• Continental drifthypothesis
Page 1: Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes
Page 7 and 8: 1650
Page 9 and 10: 1893
Page 11 and 12: LaurasiaGondwanaland
Page 13 and 14: Fossils
Page 16 and 17: PlateTectonics• Plate- Passive sh
Page 18 and 19: Big Idea• The Earth’s tectonic
Page 20 and 21: Tectonic Plates
Page 22 and 23: Exploring Earth’s Interior
Page 27 and 28: Plate tectonics and earthquakes
Page 30 and 31: North America
Page 32 and 33: North America
Page 34 and 35: NorthAmerica
Page 36: Plate movement• Divergent boundar
Page 39: Mid-AtlanticOceanic Trench
Page 42 and 43: Sea-floor heat index
Page 45 and 46: • 171 reversals in 76 Ma• Rate
Page 47: Mid-continent Rift(1.1 Ga)Ray Ander
Page 51 and 52: Earthquakes
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Earthquakes, Energy, & Waves• P-w
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The Richter Scale• Direct measure
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Fault• A fracture or system offra
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Trip to the Web• USGS- The United
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Intra-plate Earthquakes• Deeply b
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• 8.2 MMThe 1812 New MadridEarthq
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