Hunamities+-+Geography+-+Plate+Tectonics

= The Theory of Plate Tectonics. =

==The Earth is constantly moving beneath us - revolving on its axis.......orbiting the sun.....fragmented like a giant jigsaw puzzle.......pieces of the puzzle moving against, under and over each other......molten rock circulating beneather the Earth's crust......volcanic rock surging to the surface and spilling over the landscape....... earthquakes shaking the Earth and sending huge tsunamis crashing towards land........==

= Introduction =

__Your Task__: Watch the Click View video in the library - "Global Tectonics - Competing Theories." Complete the attched worksheet below.


= Understanding the Movement of Tectonic Plates = ==__Your Task:__ View the Powerpoint slide show and describe the movement of the Earth's surface using the following terms - Pangaea, Gondwanaland, Laurasia, lithosphere, asthenosphere, divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, transform boundaries.==

= Mapping the Tectonic Plates =



3. Volcanic zones (small orange triangle)
==Label the major plates with the following names: Eurasian, African, Antarctic, Indian, Australian, Philippine, Pacific, Nazca, Cocos, Caribbean, Scotia, South American, North American, Juna De Fuca, Arabian. ==

The following Atlas references will help you locate these features on your map:

 * ===Pearson Atlas, pages 30-31===
 * ===Longman Atlas, Page 150===
 * ===Heinneman Atlas 2nd edition, pages 134-135===
 * ===Heinneman Atlas 3rd edition pages 184-185===
 * ===Heinneman Atlas 4th edition, page 202===
 * ===Heinnemand Atlas 5th edition, page 210===

= Tsunamis = ==Read the attached booklet, complete the questions and annotate the photographs of the Japanese tsunami of 2011. If you are going to research a major tsunami in recorded history for your assessment task, the world map on page 5 of the booklet gives you lots of options about which one to pick.==

= Assessment Task - PowerPoint and oral presentation: Case Study of a Tsunami, Earthquake or Volcanic Eruption =