WHAT IS THE EARTH MADE OF?
LAYERS DONKEY! IT’S MADE OF LAYERS!
SO IF THE CORE IS LIQUID, ARE WE FLOATING?
• Yes, on large land masses called tectonic plates
• Let’s look at the orange
• The plates touch each other on their boundaries, and these are called faults
ORDER THE TECTONIC PLATE ON EARTH DAY
WE ARE LIKE ISLANDS IN THE SEA…
BUT, IT’S NOT MY FAULT!!
• There are three types of plate boundaries:
• Transform
• Divergent
• Convergent
• And there are three types of faults:
• Strike-Slip
• Normal
• Reverse
PLATES DON’T RESPECT BOUNDARIES
A PICTURE WORTH A THOUSAND FAULTS
LET’S LOOK AT THIS AGAIN, SEE THE ARROWS?
No, not magic.
BUT WHY ARE THEY MOVING???
CURRENT SLIDE ON CURRENTS
VIRGINIA IS A GIANT OREO?
THREE TYPES OF ROCK (CLASSIC, METAL, PUNK)
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous
SEDIMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON
GNEISS ROCKS ARE METAMORPHIC
IGNEOUS ROCKS, SO HOT RIGHT NOW!
YOU ROCK!!!!
THAT’S IT FOR TODAY KIDS!