PLATE TECTONICS

Essential Questions

• What benefits and harms do ecosystems, societies, and populations endure when living near a plate boundary?
• Mountain ranges, volcanoes, earthquakes, and other epidemics could occur

Plate Tectonics

• A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
• The state of California lies on the North American plate
• The North American plate is moving to the West about 2.3 cm per year

Fault Lines

• San Francisco lies along the San Andreas fault which runs throughout California
• Due to the effects of the San Andreas fault, California has a very diverse geograhy

San Francisco Earthquake 1989

• Total damages were estimated to more than $5 billion
• Destroyed freeways, homes, pipes/ gas lines, and much more

San Andreas.. strikes again

• Other cities that have been affected by earthquakes that run along the San Andreas are San Francisco, North ridge, and Los Angeles

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