Description
Your assignment this week is to take a trip through the Plate Tectonics Gallery. You may access this gallery by visiting the following link:
https://www.artsteps.com/view/62795c0d3f68daa1c136…
Go through the gallery, visiting each “exhibit” and examining each work of “art”. You may choose to use the Guided Tour option, though if that option moves too quickly, you may manually move through the gallery. If the play button or Next Stop button is not working, you may click the down arrow to the right of the play button to see all of the art pieces in the gallery – select the piece you want to move to if the Next Step button does not move you to the next step (this may be especially necessary with moving from the Welcome Sign to the first piece in the art gallery). Pieces of art may be interactive or not; as you follow along with the tour, notes will appear at the bottom to tell you whether or not the piece is interactive. You may click on the interactive stationary pieces to receive more information about that concept or to answer a series of questions about that piece. If the piece is a video, watch the video and answer the accompanying questions. Use this worksheet and the guided tour to move through the entire gallery.
For short answer questions, do NOT simply copy and paste what you see in the museum as your answers. Study the information given to you, synthesize it, and put that information into your own words, demonstrating that you understand the concepts presented to you.
**NOTE: This gallery and/or the questions on this assignment may change each semester. Using work from a student who has previously taken the course is not only plagiarism, but it will also lead to incorrect answers. This assignment takes ~20 – 30 minutes to complete, depending on how much time you spend at each art piece. It is best for you to spend some time to simply complete the assignment yourself.
Exhibit 1: Exploring Plate Tectonic Theory
What is plate tectonic theory? (This image is interactive – click on the image to learn more about plate tectonic theory)
Which of the following is NOT a line of evidence Alfred Wegener used to come up with his hypothesis of Continental Drift? (Click on the image to see the answer choices)
What does this image show? Briefly describe how this process supports the idea of plate movement. (Click on the image to learn more about how this process helps support the idea of plate movement)
4. Watch the Minute Earth video. List the 3 mechanisms behind plate movement and briefly explain how each works to move large lithospheric plates.
Exhibit 2: Divergent Plate Boundaries
Which of these stresses is associated with divergent plate boundaries?
Carefully study the geologic features shown on this piece. Which one is most likely to be associated with divergent plate boundaries?
7. This piece shows 3 real-world examples of plate tectonics in action. Which one of these places is most likely to be associated with a divergent plate boundary?
Exhibit 3: Convergent Plate Boundaries
8. Which of these stresses is associated with convergent plate boundaries?
This exhibit is a little different. Because there are 3 different types of convergent plate boundaries, there are 3 rooms to explore. Visit each room and answer the questions associated with each.
Convergent Plate Boundaries – Room 1:
9. What specific type of convergent plate boundary is shown here?
10. Which of the geologic features shown are associated with this type of boundary?
11. Which of these images is a real-world example of this type of boundary?
Convergent Plate Boundaries – Room 2:
12. What specific type of convergent plate boundary is shown here?
13. Which of the geologic features shown are associated with this type of boundary?
14. Which of these images is a real-world example of this type of boundary?
Convergent Plate Boundaries – Room 3:
15. What specific type of convergent plate boundary is shown here?
16. Which of the geologic features shown are associated with this type of boundary?
17. Which of these images is a real-world example of this type of boundary?
Exhibit 4: Transform Plate Boundaries
What type of stress is associated with transform plate boundaries?
Watch the video. According to this video, in what specific way are transform plate boundaries different from convergent or divergent boundaries?
What geologic feature of transform plate boundaries does this image show? (Click on this image to help you with your answer. Additionally, you may want to look over your lecture notes for key terms pertaining to transform plate boundaries)
Exhibit 5: Hot Spots
Study the map of world hot spots. Is the following statement True or False:According to this image, hot spots are only found in the ocean.
This image is a simple graphic showing how features on the surface form over hot spots. Click on the image and briefly summarize how hot spots form and how the features on Earth’s surface help us to understand hot spots. Use this image to also answer #23 on this assignment.
23. True of False: The mechanism that generates hot spots moves with the plate.
Watch the video. Briefly explain how hot spots help track plate motion.
Now that you have gone through the Plate Tectonic Museum, you should have a good understanding of plate motion and geologic features that characterize different types of plate boundaries. It is time to apply what you have learned. Choose a location anywhere in the world. It could be your favorite vacation spot, a place you would like to visit one day, or just a place you find interesting. Conduct a little bit of geologic research on this place and describe what you think the plate boundary is for this location. Back up your claim with evidence in the form of geologic features and characteristics of this location that would match the plate boundary you have selected. Fill in the following:
Location:
Plate Boundary Type:
Brief geologic description, including characteristics that would support the plate boundary type listed:
