AGENDA:
- Work on 3-D Plate Tectonics Models
HOMEWORK:
- Do any work needed on your plate tectonics models.
- Complete any notebook work for this unit that is not yet done.
- STUDY the questions for the plate tectonics models. You will be asked 3 of these questions (for the type of model your group has made) so be ready for all of them!
QUESTIONS FOR PLATE TECTONICS MODELS:
Convergent
Boundaries Questions:
1.
What types of lithosphere are found at this
plate boundary and what are they made of?
2. What is oceanic lithosphere made of and how is it created?
3. Why does oceanic lithosphere sit on top of the asthenosphere?
4. What is continental lithosphere made of and how is it created?
5. Why does continental lithosphere sit higher on the mantle than oceanic lithosphere?
6. Why does the oceanic lithosphere go down into the mantle and what is this called?
7. What is the Benioff Zone and what does it tell us?
8. What is a trench and how is it formed?
9. What is an accretionary prism and how is it created?
10. Why does the lithosphere melt at convergent boundaries?
11. How do magma plutons form and what will happen to them over time?
12. Why are there volcanoes at convergent boundaries?
2. What is oceanic lithosphere made of and how is it created?
3. Why does oceanic lithosphere sit on top of the asthenosphere?
4. What is continental lithosphere made of and how is it created?
5. Why does continental lithosphere sit higher on the mantle than oceanic lithosphere?
6. Why does the oceanic lithosphere go down into the mantle and what is this called?
7. What is the Benioff Zone and what does it tell us?
8. What is a trench and how is it formed?
9. What is an accretionary prism and how is it created?
10. Why does the lithosphere melt at convergent boundaries?
11. How do magma plutons form and what will happen to them over time?
12. Why are there volcanoes at convergent boundaries?
Divergent
Boundaries Questions:
1.
What types of lithosphere are found at this
plate boundary and what are they made of?
2. What is oceanic lithosphere made of and how is it created?
3. Why does oceanic lithosphere sit on top of the asthenosphere?
4. Describe the entire process of seafloor spreading.
5. What are pillow lavas and how do they form?
6. How is the rift valley created?
7. What is a mid-ocean ridge and how is it created?
8. What are black smokers and how do they form?
9. Explain one important thing about black smokers.
10. Explain the importance of the magnetic “stripes” of the seafloor around a mid-ocean ridge.
11. What is the age of the seafloor as you move away from a mid-ocean ridge and what does it show us?
2. What is oceanic lithosphere made of and how is it created?
3. Why does oceanic lithosphere sit on top of the asthenosphere?
4. Describe the entire process of seafloor spreading.
5. What are pillow lavas and how do they form?
6. How is the rift valley created?
7. What is a mid-ocean ridge and how is it created?
8. What are black smokers and how do they form?
9. Explain one important thing about black smokers.
10. Explain the importance of the magnetic “stripes” of the seafloor around a mid-ocean ridge.
11. What is the age of the seafloor as you move away from a mid-ocean ridge and what does it show us?
