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EARTH SCIENCE I

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

BAD IMAGE, MY FAULT…

LET’S LOOK AT THIS AGAIN, SEE THE ARROWS?

No, not magic.

BUT WHY ARE THEY MOVING???

CURRENT SLIDE ON CURRENTS

TIME TO PLAY WITH STUFF

• Wood example

• Dirt example

• Oreo example

VIRGINIA IS A GIANT OREO?

HERE’S A SIMPLER LOOK…

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!