Plate Tectonics

• Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of continental drift and the different lines of evidence that Alfred Wegener used to support his theory.
• Identify the different types of plate boundaries and the characteristic features that form at them because of tectonic plate movement.
• Differentiate between oceanic and continental crust and identify the plate boundary settings where oceanic crust is created or recycled.
• Describe the relationship between age and the topography of the ocean floor relative to plate boundaries.
• Calculate the rate of tectonic plate movement through the interpretation of paleomagnetic data at mid-ocean ridges (seafloor spreading rate), hot spot tracking, and continuity of structures.

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