Name Kylan Hill Date 10-6-14 Period 2nd

Plate Tectonics Web-Quest

PartI: Earths !tructure. Use the following link to find these answers:
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/structure.htm l
1. Lael the layers of !arth in the diagram elow.
". #he lithosphere is made up of the "rust and a tiny it of the #$$er %antle.
$. #he plates of the lithosphere move %or float& on this hot' malleale !e&i-li'uid
(one in the upper mantle' directly underneath the lithosphere. #his is known as the
(sthenos$here.
). #he layer of !arth that is the only li*uid layer is the )uter "ore.
Part II* Plate Tectonics. Use the following link to find these answers:
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/drift.htm l
A B
1. #rue or +alse+ ,mage - depicts what !arth looks like today. %circle the correctanswer&
Crust
Mantle
Inner
Core
Outer Core
Mantle
Name ................................ Date ........... Period ....
"./hat did !arth look like "01 million years ago+ #he continents of !arth were clustered
together in formation that a scientist named Pan,aea. #he scientist that named
2Pangaea3 was a 4erman scientist y the name of (l-red We,ener. 5e theori(ed that
2Pangaea6 split apart and the different landmasses' or continents' drifted to their current
locations on the gloe. /egener7s theories of plate movement ecame the asis for the
development of the theory of Plate Tectonics.
$. 8rder the images of !arth7s plates in order from oldest or earliest %1& to most recent %0&.
Part III* Plates and .oundaries* Use the following link to find these answers:
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/plate.htm l
1. Name the missing tectonic plates in the lanks on the image elow.
African
". #he place where the two plates meet is called a .oundary. 9oundaries have different names
depending on how the two plates are moving in relationship to each other.
-. ,f two plates are pushing towards each other it is called a "on/er,ent.
9. ,f two plates are moving apart from each other it is called a 0i/er,ent.
5 3 2
4 1
North
Eurasian
Plate
Pacifc
South
America
African
Antarctic
Australian
Name ................................ Date ........... Period ....
:. ,f two plates are sliding past each other it is a called a Trans-or&.
$. Lael the type of oundary depicted in each image elow.
). Plates and 9oundaries :hallenge. ;ollow directions for the challenge. <ecord your results
elow:
Part ,. Numer of correctly placed plates = 11
Part ,,. Numer of oundary types correctly laeled = 12322
Part I4* !li$5 !lide5 and "ollide* Use the following link to find these answers:
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/slip.htm l
1. -t con/er,ent boundaries' tectonic plates collide with each other. #he events that occur
at these oundaries are linked to the types of plates %oceanic or continental& that are
interacting.
!ubduction 6ones and 4olcanoes
-t some convergent oundaries' an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate.
8ceanic crust tends to e denser and thinner than continental crust' so the denser
oceanic crust gets ent and pulled under' or subducted eneath the lighter and thicker
continental crust. #his forms what is called a subduction 7one. -s the oceanic crust sinks'
a deep oceanic trench' or valley' is formed at the edge of the continent. #he crust
continues to e forced deeper into the earth' where high heat and pressure cause trapped
water and other gasses to e released from it. #his' in turn' makes the ase of the crust
melt' forming &a,&a. #he magma formed at a suduction (one rises up toward the
earth>s surface and uilds up in magma chamers' where it feeds and creates 4olcanoes
on the overriding plate. /hen this magma finds its way to
Transform i!er"ent Con!er"ent
Name ................................ Date ........... Period ....
the surface through a vent in the crust' the volcano erupts' e?pelling 8a/a and
(sh. -n e?ample of this is the and of active volcanoes that encircle the Pacific 8cean'
often referred to as the <ing of ;ire.
<oll your mouse over the image to find the definitions of the words elow:
@uduction Aone B The area 9here one $late is bein, $ulled under the ed,e o-
another*
Cagma B %olten roc:5 ,ases5 and solid crystals and &inerals*
#rench B ( stee$-sided de$ression in the ocean -loor
Dolcano B ( /ent in the earths sur-ace throu,h 9hich &a,&a and ,ases eru$t*
Dolcanic -rc B (n arc-sha$ed chain o- /olcanoes -or&ed abo/e a subduction 7one*
;ill in the type of crust converging in the image elow.
- suduction (one is also generated when two oceanic plates collide E the older plate is
forced under the youn,er one' and it leads to the formation of chains of volcanic islands
known as Island (rcs*
"ollision 6ones and %ountains
/hat happens when two continental plates collide+ 9ecause the rock making up
continental plates is generally lighter and less dense than oceanic rock' it is too light to get
pulled under the earth and turned into magma. ,nstead' a collision etween two continental
plates crunches and folds the rock at the oundary' lifting it up and leading to the formation
of %ountains .
Continental
Oceanic
Name ................................ Date ........... Period ....
;ill in the type of crust converging in the image elow.
<oll your mouse over the image to find the definitions of the words elow:
:ontinental :rust B The earths crust that &a:es u$ the continents*
Countain F ( hi,h 5 lar,e &ass o- earth and roc: that rises abo/e the earths sur-ace
9ith stee$ or slo$in, sides*
-t di/er,ent boundaries' tectonic plates are moving a9ay from each other. 8ne result of
huge masses of crust moving apart is sea-loor spreading. #his occurs when two plates
made of oceanic crust pull apart. - crack in the ocean floor appears and then magma
oo(es up from the mantle to fill in the space etween the plates' forming a raised ridge
called a &id-ocean rid,e* #he magma also spreads outward' forming ne9 ocean floor and
ne9 oceanic crust.
/hen two continental plates diverge' a valleyFlike rift develops. #his ri-t is a dropped (one
where the plates are pulling apart. -s the crust widens and thins' valleys form in and
around the area' as do /olcanoes5 which may ecome increasingly active. !arly in the rift
formation' streams and rivers flow into the low valleys and long' narrow lakes can e
created. !ventually' the widening crust along the divergent oundary may ecome thin
enough that a piece of the continent reaks off' forming a new tectonic plate.
Continental
Crust
Continental
Crust
Name ................................ Date ........... Period ....
$. -t trans-or& boundaries' tectonic plates are not moving directly toward or directly away
from each other. ,nstead' two tectonic plates ;rind past each other in a hori(ontal
direction. #his kind of oundary results in a -ault* - fault is a crack or -racture
in the earth>s crust that is associated with this movement.
#ransform oundaries and the resulting faults produce many Earth'ua:es ecause
edges of tectonic plates are Gagged rather than s&ooth* -s the plates grind past each
other' the Gagged edges strike each other' catch' and stick' 6locking6 the plates in place for
a time. 9ecause the plates are locked together without moving' a lot of
!tress uilds up at the fault line. #his stress is released in *uick ursts when the plates
suddenly slip into new positions. #he sudden movement is what we feel as the shaking
and tremling of an earth*uake.
#he motion of the plates at a transform oundary has given this type of fault another name'
a stri:e-sli$ -ault* #he estFstudied strikeFslip fault is the @an -ndreas ;ault in "ali-ornia*
). :omplete the Plate ,nteractions :hallenge and #est @kills *uestions.
Cy score for Plate ,nteractions :hallenge = 6
Cy score for #est @kills *uestions = 21 out of $1 or <= H
Name ................................ Date ........... Period ....
Part 4* Questions you should be able to ans9er no9 that you co&$leted this 9eb'uest*
Note F you may go ack to the wesite and review to assist in answering the
following *uestions.
:onvergent 9oundary
%ocean B continental&
:onvergent 9oundary
%ocean B ocean&
:onvergent 9oundary
%continental B continental&
1. DeepFocean trenches and
4olcanic (rcs are created y convergent
oundaries of ocean and continental crust.
". DeepFocean trenches '
Island arcs and tsuna&is are created y
convergent oundaries of ocean and ocean
crust.
$. %ountain >an,es are created y convergent
oundaries of continental and continental crust.
). -nother type of oundary neither creates nor
consumes crust. #his type of oundary is called a
Trans-or& oundary ecause two plates move
against each other' uilding up tension' then
release the tension is a sudden Gerk of land called
an earth'ua:e*
Name ................................ Date ........... Period ....
). :ircle the correct type of oundary for each descriptionelow:
-. #heoundarywheretwoplatesmeetandtrenchesareformed.
0i/er,ent "on/er,ent Trans-or&
9. #heplatesmoveawayfromeachotherallowingmagmatocreatenewoceancrust.
0i/er,ent "on/er,ent Trans-or&
:. #heplatesmoveinoppositedirectionsuildinguptensionuntiltheyslipcausing
earth*uakes.
0i/er,ent "on/er,ent Trans-or&
0. Lael each type of oundary as either: 0i/er,ent5 "on/er,ent5 or Trans-or& .oundary:
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(* "on/er,ent
.* Trans-or&
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"* 0i/er,ent
#he end. Please take a minute and look over your weF*uest to make sure you answered
all *uestions and completed all tasks. Cake sure your name is on the front and turn it in.