Rock Processes Virtual Labs
Follow the links to complete the virtual labs for:
Weathering and Erosion
The Rock Cycle
Weathering and Erosion
The Rock Cycle
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E06/E06.html
https://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/
Plate Tectonics & layers of Earth lab
Please follow link to complete the lab. Answer the questions in your science journal as you go.
https://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/structure/
Plate Tectonics
Write you first score in your science journal.
- How do we know that the continents were combined over 250 million years ago?
- Describe pangaea.
- What does the plate tectonic theory (Continental Drift) states?
- Who was the scientist to discover such theory?
- Since the plates are constantly in motion, what do scientists believe will happen to the continents in the future?
- Explain the difference between continental and oceanic crust.
- List 5 of the major tectonic plates.
- Sketch a convergent boundary and describe how the tectonic plates are moving.
- Sketch a divergent boundary and describe how the tectonic plates are moving.
- Sketch a transform boundary and describe how the tectonic plates are moving.
- On the map of major plates, where are two plate converging? State the names of the two plates.
- On the map of major plates, where are two plate transforming? State the names of the two plates.
- On the map of major plates, where are two plate diverging? State the names of the two plates.
- How do you think the major plates received their names?
- Think of the natural disasters that are going on in this world. Describe what is going on in the world (Florida, Puerto Rico, and Mexico).
- What are the causes of these events?
- Describe subduction zones as they relate to the continental and oceanic crust.
- How does magma formed?
- How are volcanoes created?
- Sketch an image to display magma entering the chambers of the volcanoes and then erupting?
- From which layer is magma coming from?
- A chain of volcanic islands is called ___________________. How do they form?
- Earthquakes in subduction zones give rise to __________________.
- How are mountains formed?
- Sketch an image of mountain formation.
- The Himalayas provides evidence for what theory or phenomena?
- How do mid-ocean ridges and sea-floor spreading relate to divergent boundaries?
- What forms due to divergent boundaries?
- Sketch a rift valley.
- Search the web. Find two famous rift valleys. List them and write where they are located.
- What is a result of tectonic plates sliding?
- Describe the San Andreas Fault in California.
- Search the web. Observe some images of the San Andreas Fault.
Write you first score in your science journal.