Plate Tectonics Exploration

Dynamic Earth Interactive Read through the page on every tab through Test Skills. Follow the instructions for each interactive. Dynamic Earth Interactive Name the plates. INSTRUCTIONS: On the plate boundaries tab, at the very bottom of the screen in red letters, it says test your skills. Click that! Insert a screenshot onto the next question with your final score. Ask for help if needed. Click here. Insert picture of your final score. Screen shot is CTRL+button above 6 (on the Chromebook).Ask for help if needed. Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker Click the launch button on the website. Drag arrows to see simulations. Click here. Earthquakes and Volcanoes Interactive Same instructions as above. Click here. Based off the last website, where do earthquakes and volcanoes usually occur? Matching Terms: Match the following terms and definitions by dragging a line between them. Continental Drift The Theory that all continents were once one landmass that has separated and drifted apart over time. Pangaea Supercontinent of Continental Drift Sea Floor Spreading The process of new oceanic crust forming as magma rises toward the surface at a ridge and solidifies Mid-ocean ridge A place where the sea floor is spreading Subduction When 2 tectonics plates collide and the denser one moves under the other and sinks into the mantle Subduction Zones regions where subduction occurs; found at a trench Theory of Plate Tectonics Explains how large pieces of Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape Plate Boundaries Where earthquakes and volcanoes occur together; regions where tectonic plates meet Convergent Plate Boundary Boundary formed by the collision of two tectonic plates Divergent Boundary Boundary where two tectonic Plates are moving away from each other Transform Plate Boundary The Boundary between two tectonic plates that are scarping past each other horizontally; No Magma here! Ring of Fire A ring of earthquakes and volcanoes around the Pacific Plate Sort the Tectonic Plate movement by its effect: Does it destroy crust OR does it create new crust? Destroys Crust Convergent Plate Boundary Subduction Trench Coastal volcanic mountains (like the Andes of S. America) Creates New Crust Sea-floor spreading mid-ocean ridge divergent plate boundary Rift Valley What type of Plate Boundary is it? Use your ESRT Page 5 to put each location in its correct type of boundary. Convergent Plate Boundary Mariana Trench Eurasian Indian-Australian Plates Nazca S. American Plates Pacific Indian-Australian Plates Divergent Plate Boundary Mid-Atlantic Ridge Indian-Australian Antarctic Plates Nazca and Pacific Plates Arabian and African Plates Transform Plate Boundary N. American and Pacific Plates Caribbean and N. American Plates Scotia and Antarctic Plates Scotia and S. American Plates Complex Plate Boundary East African Rift Mediterranean Sea Western N. American and Eastern Eurasian