Tectonic stratigraphy

Tectonic stratigraphy is like reading a storybook about the Earth's history. You know how you have different chapters in a storybook? Well, the Earth also has different chapters. Each chapter is a different time period, like when the dinosaurs lived or when humans first started walking on two legs.

But instead of words and pictures, tectonic stratigraphy looks at layers in the ground. These layers are like a cake with different colors. Each color represents a different time period in the Earth's history.

The layers get squished and pushed around a lot because the Earth is always moving. The Earth's surface is like a puzzle with lots of pieces that fit together. These pieces are called tectonic plates. When the plates move, they can create mountains, valleys, and even earthquakes. And each time this happens, it changes the layers in the ground.

Just like how a storybook has different characters, the Earth has different creatures that lived in each time period. Scientists use tectonic stratigraphy to study these creatures and learn more about how the Earth has changed over time. So, tectonic stratigraphy helps us understand the history of the Earth and the creatures that lived on it a really long time ago!