3.2 Moving plates

1.1 Mountain ranges
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This lesson contains 20 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 4 videos.

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1.1 Mountain ranges

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Learning objectives
After studying this section, you will be able to:
  • Explain why earth’s tectonic plates move.
  • Which directions are responsible for the formation of mountain ranges

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Which endogenous process moves the tectonic plates?
A
Oceanic ridge.
B
Divergence.
C
Convergence.
D
Convection currents.

Slide 3 - Quiz

Plates moving apart
Divergent plate boundary
Two tectonic plates which move apart (← →).

Oceanic ridge
Underwater mountains formed by a divergent plate boundary.

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Slide 5 - Video

The Mid Atlantic Ridge is visible in Iceland.

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Plates moving towards each other
Convergent plate boundary
Tectonic plates which move towards each other (→ ←). 

Mountain ranges
are created:
Areas which contain a lot of mountains.

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Plates moving towards each other
Convergent boundaries also occur between oceanic plates and continental plates:

Subduction = Process where the oceanic plate dives under the continental plate.

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Slide 9 - Video

Trench = Deep and narrow gap on the ocean floor. Formed by the subduction process.

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Slide 11 - Video

Collision zone = A convergent boundary between two continental plates.

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Fold mountains

Large mountains formed by  the collision between two continental plates. 

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What kind of plate boundary
can we find where two tectonic plates move towards each other?
A
Divergent plate boundary.
B
Convergent plate boundary.
C
Transform plate boundary.

Slide 14 - Quiz

What do we call the process when an oceanic plate moves underneath a continental plate?
A
Subduction.
B
Collision.
C
Oceanic ridge.
D
Divergence.

Slide 15 - Quiz

Convection currents
Convection currents rise up due to the heat in the inner core of the earth. It's the process which moves the tectonic plates.

Endogenous force = Force from within the earth.

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Slide 17 - Video

In which directions do tectonic plates move?

Slide 18 - Open question

Which two directions are responsible for the formation of mountain ranges?

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Work
Read 1.1
Do 1.1 ex. 

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