Activity—World Map of Plate Boundaries “Where’S Waldo”-Style Geography

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Activity—World Map of Plate Boundaries “Where’s Waldo”-style geography. Mapping World Plates helps students connect topography, earthquakes, volcanoes, and plates.

Includes many maps for printing, and student worksheets. Color copies are in the folder: 4. ACTIVITIES_Earth & Tectonics > World Plate Boundaries

Science Standards (NGSS; pg. 287) • Earth’s Place in the Universe: HS-ESS1-5 • Earth’s Systems: HS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS2-3 Most of the world’s earthquakes and volcanoes are PLATE BOUNDARIES found at or near the boundary between two tectonic SYMBOLS Divergent margin plates. Friction between the plates keeps them from White arrows show plate motion direction sliding. When the frictional strain is overcome, the ground suddenly snaps along faults and fractures Volcanoes (generalized) Convergent margin releasing energy as earthquakes. Volcanoes occur at Hot spot (arrow = direction of plate motion) divergent margins (where magma rises and erupts); Transform fault (arrows at convergent margins (where an oceanic plate Great earthquakes since 1900; show relative motion) dives beneath another plate; magma forms in the continental plate above the diving oceanic plate), before 1900 and less commonly as hot spots (where magma melts through a plate, such as Hawai`i).

Resources on this DVD & Internet for World Map of Plate Boundaries

VIDEOS: In the folder 3. VIDEOS_Earth & Tectonics > LECTURE_Egg Vs Earth_Butler.mov, LECTURE_TectonicPlates_Butler.mov, LECTURE_Asthenosphere_Butler.mov, and LECTURE_BoundaryTypes_Butler.mov Or online: http://www.iris.edu/hq/programs/education_and_outreach/videos

ANIMATIONS: Select animations are in the RESOURCES folder for this activity. 3. Animations_Earth & Tectonics > Plate Interaction_Converge Diverge Transform Or online: http://www.iris.edu/hq/programs/education_and_outreach/animations

INTERNET: This Dynamic Planet, interactive tectonic map http://www.minerals.si.edu/tdpmap/

e-binder for 2014 CEETEP workshop 69 World Map of Plate Boundaries

Introduction The Plate Tectonics Mapping Activity allows students to Materials easily begin to identify basic tectonic processes on a global Discussion Questions —Follow student worksheets. scale. As students become aware of plate movements, Student work sheets—Begin on 5th page of this they begin to identify patterns that set the stage for deeper activity; answers follow. understanding of a very complex topic. The activity uses Word files of the worksheets are in the folder a simple “Where’s Waldo” approach to identify tectonic RESOURCES For World Plate Boundaries symbols on a laminated World Plate Tectonic map. > Word Docs for World Plate Boundaries Objectives Maps—The map on the next page is offered in several Learn where volcanoes and earthquakes occur formats for classroom use. Since not everyone Understand geography has access to a large-format printer we offer the Use critical thinking to find plate boundaries poster as a 3-page, tabloid-size pdf file that can Answer relevant discussion questions on worksheet be printed and taped together. The maps are also offered WITHOUT tectonic boundaries to be Procedure used to see if students recognize features in the Print the appropriate maps (see Materials) for use. Note landscape. that the maps in this document need to printed on legal-size paper!! 1) Page size (next page) and on DVD in the folder: Students work in pairs or small groups of 3 or 4 students using washable markers to circle tectonic features. This RESOURCES For World Plate Boundaries hands-on activity captures the interest of all ability levels. Maps for printing The process of exploring the map and drawing with colored > WorldTectonicMap_PageSize.pdf. markers captures student interest and creates curiosity to discover why particular features are located where they are. 2) Poster (14x24) requires a plotter to print As students work through simple questions on the activity WorldTectonicMap_POSTER 14x24.pdf sheet, they are then able to start the more challenging process of understanding the patterns and process that make 3) Poster (tabloid-size pages to be taped together) up the fundamental principles of Plate Tectonics. WorldTectonicMap-Poster_3page11x17.pdf The Discussion Questions in the activity are provided 4) WITHOUT tectonic features to be used to see if as a resource for teachers to engage student’s growing tectonic features show up in the landscape: understanding. The questions have been used in small WorldTectonicMap_NoBoundaries8.5x14.pdf. groups, whole class discussion, research, as a writing WorldTectonicMap_NoBoundaries11x17.pdf. assignment, and for evaluation.

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PLATE TECTONICS MAPPING ACTIVITY

1. Draw the symbol for each tectonic feature in the chart below

Divergent margins and spreading centers (draw in black)

Convergent margins - subduction zone (draw in blue)

Transform faults – strike-slip faults (draw in green)

Hot Spot (draw in red)

2. Use the correct color of washable marker to locate each tectonic feature on the map.

a. Circle the name of the Divergent boundary systems in black. (Ridges and Rises) Number found ______

b. Circle the Convergent margins in blue. (students may circle individual trenches) Number found ______

c. Circle the Transform fault symbols (and their faults) in green. Number found ______

d. Circle the Hot Spots in red. Number found ______

3. What is the name of the small crustal plate off the Oregon coast that is subducting under the North American plate? ______

4. Where are most of the earthquakes and volcanoes located?

Check one: a. crustal plate margins _____ b. interior of a crustal plate _____

Answer the following questions about Plate Tectonic Processes using the diagrams with the map.

5. Divergent margins and continental spreading centers:

a. New crust forms at plate margins as ______rises creating ridges under

oceans such as the ______and the ______.

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______in the US and the ______in Africa.

6. Convergent margins – subduction zones:

Identify the land form (geomorphology) created at each type of Convergent Boundary and provide an example.

a. Ocean-Ocean ______

b. Ocean-Continent ______

c. Continent-Continent ______

7. Transform faults – strike slip faults

a. Sometimes tectonic plates shift past each other horizontally ______directions at their boundary.

b. One example of a strike slip fault near San Francisco is the ______.

8. Earthquakes:

a. Most earthquakes occur near plate ______.

b. ______keeps the plate edges from sliding smoothly past each other.

c. The longer the plates remain stuck, the more strain builds and the more violent

the snap and resulting ______.

9. Volcanoes:

a. Magma rises to the surface from inside the earth mainly at ______

and ______.

b. Around the rim of the Pacific Ocean, the 40,000 km long ______of ______

is especially active.

10. Hot Spots:

a. In a few places ______melts through a tectonic plate.

b. Each hot spot likely marks the top of a plume of ______rock that rises from deep in the earth.

74 b. Continental spreading centers include the Discussion Questions: (italics are guiding ideas on a few random questions.)

______in the US and the ______in Africa. Discussion questions can be used in a whole group setting, or selected questions may be assigned to table groups to answer and then shared with the class. 6. Convergent margins – subduction zones:

Identify the land form (geomorphology) created at each type of Convergent Boundary 1. Does the location of earthquakes and volcanoes show a pattern? If so, what tectonic process may be responsible? and provide an example. (compression, extension, shearing) 2. Generally speaking, where are the oceanic ridges located with respect to the landmasses? (in the middle of the ocean: a. Ocean-Ocean ______heavy thin crust sinks and water fills low areas.) b. Ocean-Continent ______3. Where do you find the mountain ranges with respect to the oceanic ridges? Use examples. (the ocean-floor ranges are on the crest of the spreading ridges where heat provides the buoyant lift; they sink as they cool.) c. Continent-Continent ______4. Are there any places on Earth where the mid-oceanic ridges meet the continent?

7. Transform faults – strike slip faults 5. What are seamounts?

a. Sometimes tectonic plates shift past each other horizontally ______6. Most of the Pacific Ocean is on what plate? directions at their boundary. 7. What is the compass orientation of the Hawaiian Islands and many of the other smaller ridges within the Pacific b. One example of a strike slip fault near San Francisco is the ______. Ocean? Is this significant?( the islands are moving away from the hotspot in the direction the plate is traveling. Thus the line of the youngest islands is oriented west-northwest as they move towards Japan)

8. Earthquakes: 8. In what compass direction is the Pacific Plate moving? (see previous question) a. Most earthquakes occur near plate ______. 9. Name the biggest and longest mountain range in the world. What is it? (Trick question. It is a mid-ocean ridge.) b. ______keeps the plate edges from sliding smoothly past each other. 10. Name an island chain that has been formed by a “hot spot”. (see question 7 above. The Hawaiian Islands.) 11.What island in the North Atlantic Ocean is splitting apart? What is causing the split? (Iceland is a hotspot that is c. The longer the plates remain stuck, the more strain builds and the more violent straddling the Mid-Atlantic spreading ridge. The spreading ridge is causing the split. If it were just a hotspot it would just build a big edifice.) the snap and resulting ______. 12. Where is magma rising to the surface and forming ocean crust? (At spreading ridges) Where is the oceanic crust sinking back into the mantle? (At subduction zones) 9. Volcanoes: 13. Some people have referred to the process in the above question as a cycle. Why would it be considered a cycle? a. Magma rises to the surface from inside the earth mainly at ______(Rock is formed at the spreading ridge; gets destroyed at subduction zones. The subducted rock eventually gets absorbed into the mantle and gets caught in the very slow circulation of rock in the mantle which can melt as it rises to the top again.) and ______. 14. What are the attributes of a cycle? b. Around the rim of the Pacific Ocean, the 40,000 km long ______of ______Can you describe another cycle that could compare with the example described above. is especially active. 15. Why is it that the Pacific Ocean floor is no older than about 200 million years and yet the continents are much older? (The ocean floor is being created constantly. It is made of heavy rock that tends to subduct when it meets continental rock. The continents are made of older rock that is more buoyant . 10. Hot Spots: 16. The continental margins of the East and West Coast of the United States are very different. Describe the a. In a few places ______melts through a tectonic plate. differences. Are there tectonic differences? 17. Where would you expect to find igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks? b. Each hot spot likely marks the top of a plume of ______rock that rises from deep in the earth.

e-binder for 2014 CEETEP workshop 75 Teacher Answer Key

PLATE TECTONICS MAPPING ACTIVITY

1. Draw the symbol for each tectonic feature in the chart below

Divergent margins and spreading centers (draw in black)

Convergent margins - subduction zone (draw in blue)

Transform faults – strike-slip faults (draw in green)

Hot Spot (draw in red)

2. Use the correct color of washable marker to locate each tectonic feature on the map.

a. Circle the name of the Divergent boundary systems in black. (Ridges and Rises) Number found __7_____

b. Circle the Convergent margins in blue. (students may circle individual trenches) Number found __16 +__

c. Circle the Transform fault symbols (and their faults) in green. Number found __10____

d. Circle the Hot Spots in red. Number found __5____

3. What is the name of the small crustal plate off the Oregon coast that is subducting under the North American plate? __Juan de Fuca______

4. Where are most of the earthquakes and volcanoes located?

Check one: a. crustal plate margins __X__ b. interior of a crustal plate _____

Answer the following questions about Plate Tectonic Processes using the diagrams with the map.

5. Divergent margins and continental spreading centers:

a. New crust forms at plate margins as _magma___ rises creating ridges under oceans such as the _Mid-Atlantic Ridge__ and the __East Pacific Rise__.

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b. Continental spreading centers include the

_Basin and Range__ in the US and the _East African Rift System in Africa.

6. Convergent margins – subduction zones:

Identify the land form (geomorphology) created at each type of Convergent Boundary and provide an example.

a. Ocean-Ocean _____Volcanic Island Chain (Mariana trench)______

b. Ocean-Continent ___Volcanic Mountain Ranges (Cascade Mountain Range)__

c. Continent-Continent _Folded Mountain Ranges_( Himalaya Mountain Range) __

7. Transform faults – strike slip faults

a. Sometimes tectonic plates shift past each other horizontally _in opposite_____ directions at their boundary.

b. One example of a strike slip fault near San Francisco is the _San Andreas Fault_.

8. Earthquakes:

a. Most earthquakes occur near plate _boundaries__.

b. __Friction___ keeps the plate edges from sliding smoothly past each other.

c. The longer the plates remain stuck, the more strain builds and the more violent the snap and resulting _ground movement__.

9. Volcanoes:

a. Magma rises to the surface from inside the earth mainly at _spreading centers_. and __hot spots______.

b. Around the rim of the Pacific Ocean, the 40,000 km long Ring_ __ of _Fire__ is especially active.

10. Hot Spots:

a. In a few places _magma___ melts through a tectonic plate.

b. Each hot spot likely marks the top of a plume of __molten_____ rock that rises

from deep in the earth.

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