Plate Tectonics

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Plate Tectonics by Mind Map: Plate Tectonics

1. Layers

1.1. Mantle

1.1.1. 5000*C

1.1.2. 66-2900km

1.1.3. Solid

1.2. Outer Core

1.2.1. 5500*C

1.2.2. 2901-5100km

1.2.3. Liquid

1.3. Inner Core

1.3.1. 5500*C

1.3.2. 5101-6370km

1.3.3. Solid

1.4. Crust

1.4.1. 1200*C

1.4.2. 0-65km

1.4.3. Solid

2. Surviving Tectonic Hazards

2.1. Monitoring

2.2. Organizations of rations and shelters

2.3. Disaster plans

2.4. Local Emergency Services

2.5. Energy supplies organized by advanced

2.6. Roads and buildings designed to withstand it

2.7. Strengthened roads and railways

3. Plates

3.1. Conservative

3.1.1. Plates slide alongside.

3.1.2. Products

3.1.2.1. Volcanoes

3.1.2.2. Earthquakes

3.2. Constructive

3.2.1. Two plates are diverging (moving apart).

3.2.2. (Mid Atlantic Ridge)

3.3. Collision

3.3.1. Products

3.3.1.1. Fold Mountains

3.3.1.2. Earthquakes

3.3.2. Two plates are moving apart.

3.4. Destructive

3.4.1. Products

3.4.1.1. Fold Mountains

3.4.1.2. Earthquakes

3.4.1.3. Volcanoes

3.4.2. Oceanic Plate and Continental Plate Collide.

4. Hazards

4.1. Earthquakes

4.1.1. Pressure built up is released and produces very strong seismic waves.

4.1.2. Measured on Richter scale

4.2. Volcanoes

4.2.1. Extinct

4.2.1.1. Unlikely to ever erupt again

4.2.1.2. Devil's Tower

4.2.2. Dormant

4.2.2.1. Hasn't erupted in 2500 years

4.2.2.2. Santorini

4.2.3. Active

4.2.3.1. Erupted recently

4.2.3.2. Mt Etna

4.2.4. Composite Volcano

4.2.4.1. Mixture of Lava and Ash

4.2.5. Shield Volcano

4.2.5.1. Lava basic and runny, flows quickly and creates flat volcanoes.

4.2.6. Dome Volcano

4.2.6.1. Lava acid and thicker, flowing slower and hardens quickly to form steep-sided features.