4.2 BHP questions by EMERSON ORTH https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z Made with a warm hug en-us 2017-11-17 20:00:04 UTC 2017-11-21 19:52:34 UTC hello@padlet.com What is a tectonic plate and what are some of the characteristics of the Earth’s plates? ortheme000 https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/208287097 A plate tectonic is a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle. Some characteristics of the Earth´s plates is earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.]]> 2017-11-17 20:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/208287097 What special role do oceanic plates play in the story of the Earth? ortheme000 https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/208289091 oceanic plates play a special role in the story of earth because it is where the crust was born and where the crust would and will die. It is also what drives and moves continents.]]> 2017-11-17 20:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/208289091 collimic004 https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/209244759 2017-11-21 19:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/209244759 What drives the movement of the tectonic plates? collimic004 https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/209245381 The Mantle sliding around underneath the earth's crust makes the tectonic plates move.]]> 2017-11-21 19:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/209245381 What causes earthquakes? ortheme000 https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/209246309 Tectonic plates sliding.]]> 2017-11-21 19:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/209246309 How long did it take for the Earth to take on the appearance it has today, and how fast did the plates move? ortheme000 https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/209247297 It took earth 250 million years to look the way it does. It went at about the speed our fingernails grow!]]> 2017-11-21 19:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/209247297 What did the surface of the Earth look like 250 million years ago? collimic004 https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/209247453 All continents were one super continent called Pangea, and the Atlantic Ocean didn't exist. The Ancient ocean known as the Tethys separated the northern part of Pangea from the southern part.]]> 2017-11-21 19:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ortheme000/i9g46922er6z/wish/209247453