Objective(s):
In your own words, what was the purpose of this lab?
Hypothesis:
Location One: Select two events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two continental plates at a convergent boundary, then I will observe:
• earthquakes
• faults
• ocean formation
• mountains
• volcanoes
• island chains
• seafloor spreading
Location Two: Select three events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two continental plates at a divergent boundary, then I will observe:
• earthquakes
• faults
• ocean formation
• mountains
• volcanoes
• island chains
• seafloor spreading
Location Three: Select three events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two continental plates at a transform boundary, then I will observe:
• earthquakes
• faults
• ocean formation
• mountains
• volcanoes
• island chains
• seafloor spreading
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Location Four: Select two events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two oceanic plates at a convergent boundary, then I will observe:
• earthquakes
• faults
• ocean formation
• mountains
• volcanoes
• island chains
• seafloor spreading
Location Five: Select three events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two oceanic plates at a divergent boundary, then I will observe:
• earthquakes
• faults
• ocean formation
• mountains
• volcanoes
• island chains
• seafloor spreading
Location Six: Select two events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two oceanic plates at a transform boundary, then I will observe:
• earthquakes
• faults
• ocean formation
• mountains
• volcanoes
• island chains
• seafloor spreading
Procedure:
The procedures are listed in your virtual lab. You do not need to repeat them here. Please be sure to identify the test variable (independent variable), outcome variable (dependent variable).
Reminder: Test variable = the item you are changing or manipulating; Outcome variable = the item you are measuring
• Test variable (independent variable):
• Outcome variable (dependent variable):
Data:
Record the data from each location below.
Location Name Boundary Type Millions of Years Geologic Events Observed
Location One
Himalayas Convergent 5
20
Event 1 - Earthquakes
Event 2 - Mountain Range
Location Two
East Africa Divergent 5
10
20
Event 1 - Earthquake
Event 2 - Volcano
Event 3 - Seafloor spreading
Location Three
San Andreas Fault Transform 5
10
20
Event 1 - Earthquake
Event 2 - Fault
Event 3 - Mountain Range
Location Four
Aleutian Islands Convergent 5
20
Event 1 - Volcano
Event 2 - Fault, Ocean formation
Location Five
Mid-Atlantic Ridge Divergent 5
10
20
Event 1 - Earthquake
Event 2 - Volcano
Event 3 - Seafloor spreading
Location Six
Alpine Fault Transform 5
20
Event 1 - Fault, Volcanos, Earthquake
Event 2 - Island chains
Conclusion:
Your conclusion will include a summary of the lab results and an interpretation of the results. Please write in complete sentences.
1. What types of geological events or changes occur at divergent plate boundaries?
2. What types of geological events or changes occur at convergent plate boundaries?
3. What types of geological events or changes occur at transform plate boundaries?
4. Explain how these geological processes and interactions have changed Earth's surface through the years. Be sure to use evidence to support your answer.
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