Plate Tectonics Concept Map
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Plate Tectonics
Theory of Continental
Drift
Who’s idea was
it?
Why didn’t people
believe him?
Theory of Seafloor Spreading
Who’s idea was it?
What technological
devices did they use to
help prove the idea?
1.
2.
What were the 3 types of evidence he used to
prove his idea?
1.
2.
3.
Describe what scientists found at the bottom of the
ocean using the new technology
Type of Plate Boundaries
Plates move away from
each other
Plates move towards each
other
Three types:
Two types:
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
Landforms that happen here:
1.
Landforms that happen here:
1.
2.
2.
3.
Label the diagram with the following
terms:
Island Arc
Trench
Hot Spot
Oceanic Ridge
Magma Rising (Plumes)
Subduction
Divergent Boundary
Convection Current
Abyssal Plains
Plates slide past each
other
Phenomena that happen here: