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5th Grade Earth

Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics

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Crust the thin rocky surface that includes the continents and the ocean floor.
Mantle the thickest layer. The rock material is solid, but it can flow like a liquid.
Outer core made up of mostly iron and nickel. It is liquid
Inner core made up of mostly iron and nickel. This is solid.
Heat and pressure increase with depth beneath the surface.
What causes movement in the crust The flowing mantle
The moving rock of the mantle pushes against the crust causing the crust to break into plates.
The plates move along the Earth’s surface causing earthquakes and volcanoes.
There are three types of plate boundaries or faults convergent, divergent, and sliding.
Convergent Plates push together in convergent movement (compression).
Convergent Plates Creates folded mountains, volcanoes, ocean trenches
Divergent Plates pull apart in divergent movement (tension).
Divergent Plates Creates mid-ocean ridges in oceans.
Sliding Plates slide by each other in sliding movement (shear).
Mountains on the continents and in the oceans are caused by current and past plate movements.
When magma reaches the surface it is called lava.
This is the part of the Earth we live on crust
temperatures and pressures increase as we move from the crust toward the inner core of the Earth.
Temperature and Pressure cause the following events to happen (1) magma from the mantle erupts from a volcano; (2) the flowing rocks of the mantle cause the crust to move and earthquakes occur; (3) the flowing rocks of the mantle cause the continents to move across the surface of the Earth
The crust is very ____ compared to the other three layers thin
Large continent-sized blocks are called plates
Plates are driven by the heat to move slowly about the Earth’s surface.
Plates are not connected to one another but move freely about.
When plates push together a convergent boundary is formed.
Convergent boundaries cause mountain ranges, such as the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, to rise up from the Earth’s surface.
When plates move apart a divergent boundary is formed.
Most divergent boundaries occur on the ocean floors of the Earth.
Volcanoes and mountain ranges deep under water are called mid-ocean ridges.
Most of Earth’s new crust comes from the magma that erupts from these divergent boundaries and the volcanoes they create.
Sliding boundaries grind against each other causing earthquakes.
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