Did you know those plate tectonics, plate tectonics move real slow
There's convection in the mantle and it makes it go
Hot magma rises up above and cool rock sinks below
And it causes plate tectonics, plate tectonics, here we go
Well I bet when you feel an earthquake it makes you wonder why the Earth shakes
And I'm bettin' that by now you know exactly how the crust is broken into plates
Some plates spread apart - they're divergent
Some plates move together - convergent
Transform faults are slipping and sliding, the rocks grind together, not gliding
Oceanic crust is the densest of the crust
But the continental crust is thicker and taller
Pacific plate's massive, yeah, holla!
But the Juan de Fuca is smaller
Plate tectonics, plate tectonics move real slow
There's convection in the mantle and it makes it go
Hot magma rises up above and cool rock sinks below
And it causes plate tectonics, plate tectonics, here we go
It's like everywhere they go, they're making the lava flow
Like on the ocean floor or in a volcano
Like the pyroclastic flow from St. Helen's years ago
Or at Pinatubo - if there's ash, you'd better go
Composite eruptions are fast - they are not slow, Composite's also known as a stratovolcano Mauna Loa is a shield with a slower lava flow, Cinder cones are very small with a crater blow hole
Well, there are hot spots where the mantle breaks the crust
And there's subduction, where you can get a mega-thrust, Mid-ocean ridges - plates spread and mantle pushes up
That's how they do it
Now you know how plate tectonics, plate tectonics move real slow There's convection in the mantle and it makes it go
Hot magma rises up above and cool rock sinks below
And it causes plate tectonics, plate tectonics, now you know Earth's a system like a circuit, let me see your brain and how you work it
With evidence, now you can discern it, 'cause I love the way you learn it, learn it, learn it learn it
Learning 'bout those plate tectonics, plate tectonics move real slow
There's convection in the mantle and it makes it go
Hot magma rises up above and cool rock sinks below
And it causes plate tectonics, plate tectonics, here we go
There's convection in the mantle and it makes it go
Hot magma rises up above and cool rock sinks below
And it causes plate tectonics, plate tectonics, here we go
Well I bet when you feel an earthquake it makes you wonder why the Earth shakes
And I'm bettin' that by now you know exactly how the crust is broken into plates
Some plates spread apart - they're divergent
Some plates move together - convergent
Transform faults are slipping and sliding, the rocks grind together, not gliding
Oceanic crust is the densest of the crust
But the continental crust is thicker and taller
Pacific plate's massive, yeah, holla!
But the Juan de Fuca is smaller
Plate tectonics, plate tectonics move real slow
There's convection in the mantle and it makes it go
Hot magma rises up above and cool rock sinks below
And it causes plate tectonics, plate tectonics, here we go
It's like everywhere they go, they're making the lava flow
Like on the ocean floor or in a volcano
Like the pyroclastic flow from St. Helen's years ago
Or at Pinatubo - if there's ash, you'd better go
Composite eruptions are fast - they are not slow, Composite's also known as a stratovolcano Mauna Loa is a shield with a slower lava flow, Cinder cones are very small with a crater blow hole
Well, there are hot spots where the mantle breaks the crust
And there's subduction, where you can get a mega-thrust, Mid-ocean ridges - plates spread and mantle pushes up
That's how they do it
Now you know how plate tectonics, plate tectonics move real slow There's convection in the mantle and it makes it go
Hot magma rises up above and cool rock sinks below
And it causes plate tectonics, plate tectonics, now you know Earth's a system like a circuit, let me see your brain and how you work it
With evidence, now you can discern it, 'cause I love the way you learn it, learn it, learn it learn it
Learning 'bout those plate tectonics, plate tectonics move real slow
There's convection in the mantle and it makes it go
Hot magma rises up above and cool rock sinks below
And it causes plate tectonics, plate tectonics, here we go
( Sue Selle )
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