Plate Tectonics

Carefully go through the content on the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift before you can respond to the Revision Task in the last lesson of the week.

NB: The theories of plate tectonics and continental drift illustrate the fact that continents have and continue to change position. They justify the notion that continents are sitting on underlying rocks that are known as crustal plates, and these crustal plates are in constant motion , this is why we experience volcanic activities and earthquakes.

- the theory of continental drift developed to become the theory of plate tectonics. The theory of continental drift suggests that the continents were once one landmass, but that they have drifted apart and they continue to drift. 

The following questions are addressed in the information provided;

i) What is continental drift and plate tectonics?

ii) What is the evidence for continental drift?

iii) what are tectonic plates?

iv) How do plate tectonics explain how the plates move?

v) What are the mechanics of plate movements?

vi) What are the different kinds of plate boundaries?

vii) What are the processes and landforms  associated with different plate boundaries?

- an insight into Faulting, Folding and related landforms. 

  SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR RESPECTIVE EDUCATOR USING THE EMAIL ADDRESSES ALREADY PROVIDED.