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Title: Earth


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Earths Structure Makeup Plate Tectonics
  • Created by Gavyn, Paige Whitney

2
Structure of the Inner Earth
  • The Earth is made up of 6 main layers.
  • Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mantle, Crust, molten
    Outer Core, and solid Inner Core.

3
Who Discovered?
  • Sir Harold Jefferys introduced idea of exploring
    Earths interior structure by way of seismic
    waves created by explosions near the surface of
    Earth.

4
P and S waves
Primary wave
Shear Wave
5
A map of the Plates
6
Continental Drift
  • Defined as gradual movement of the continents
    across the Earths surface through geological
    time.
  • Theory most sourced to Alfred Wegener.

Alfred Wegener
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Pangaea
  • Pangaea was a super continent that existed 200 ma
    ago.
  • It began breaking up 175 ma ago.
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