Plate Tectonics Gallery Assignment: Explore and Understand

This document is the property of the University System of Georgia and is protected by the USG copyright policy. This document is not to be uploaded to any third-party site. Using this document for anything other than educational purposes among students in this course is a violation of the Academic Integrity policies of this course on behalf of the student and a violation of copyright law on behalf of the third- party site. Name Parker Warren Date January 22, Unit 2 Assignment: Plate Tectonics Gallery Instructions: 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/62795c0d3f68daa1c136e452 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. Once you have completed this worksheet, submit it to the appropriate Dropbox folder on D2L. 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.

This document is the property of the University System of Georgia and is protected by the USG copyright policy. This document is not to be uploaded to any third-party site. Using this document for anything other than educational purposes among students in this course is a violation of the Academic Integrity policies of this course on behalf of the student and a violation of copyright law on behalf of the third- party site. All answers should be recorded in BLUE font. Exhibit 1: Exploring Plate Tectonic Theory 1. What is plate tectonic theory? (This image is interactive – click on the image to learn more about plate tectonic theory) Tell me in your own words – do not copy from the exhibit. The plate tectonic theory is a theory that relates the unrelated geologic phenomena and describes how the earth's lithosphere has been broken up into large sections that move over the asthenosphere. 2. 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) Paleomagnetism 3. 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) Again, use your own words, please. This image shows three different figures that each have to do with the earth's magnetic field. The three images show what happens when the earth's magnetic field reverses polarity. It is recorded in the ferromagnesian rocks of the ocean floor which is what the images are examples of.

This document is the property of the University System of Georgia and is protected by the USG copyright policy. This document is not to be uploaded to any third-party site. Using this document for anything other than educational purposes among students in this course is a violation of the Academic Integrity policies of this course on behalf of the student and a violation of copyright law on behalf of the third- party site. 4. Watch the Minute Earth video. List the 3 mechanisms behind plate movement and briefly explain how each works to move large lithospheric plates. 1. Tectonic Plates are moving because they are in the current of the upper mantle which is a slowly flowing layer of rock below the earth's upper crust. 2. These are Converging currents drive plates that drive into each other When ocean plates collide with each other, they will drive into each other or below each other. 3. Diverging currents pull them apart Slabs of ocean crust start to block flowing rock further sideways forcing all of the rock to start to sink. Exhibit 2: Divergent Plate Boundaries 5. Which of these stresses is associated with divergent plate boundaries? Tensional stress has to do with divergent plate boundaries. 6. Carefully study the geologic features shown on this piece. Which one is most likely to be associated with divergent plate boundaries? Rift valley/ mid-ocean ridges are geologic and are the most likely to be associated with divergent plate boundaries

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This document is the property of the University System of Georgia and is protected by the USG copyright policy. This document is not to be uploaded to any third-party site. Using this document for anything other than educational purposes among students in this course is a violation of the Academic Integrity policies of this course on behalf of the student and a violation of copyright law on behalf of the third- party site. 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? Black smoker would most likely be associated with a divergent plate boundary. Exhibit 3: Convergent Plate Boundaries 8. Which of these stresses is associated with convergent plate boundaries? Compressional stress 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? This is a Continental-continental Convergence 10. Which of the geologic features shown are associated with this type of boundary? Mountain Belt would be associated with their specific type of plate boundary 11. Which of these images is a real-world example of this type of boundary? The Himalayan mountains are an example of this.

This document is the property of the University System of Georgia and is protected by the USG copyright policy. This document is not to be uploaded to any third-party site. Using this document for anything other than educational purposes among students in this course is a violation of the Academic Integrity policies of this course on behalf of the student and a violation of copyright law on behalf of the third- party site. Convergent Plate Boundaries – Room 2: 12. What specific type of convergent plate boundary is shown here? An Oceanic-oceanic plate boundary is shown here. 13. Which of the geologic features shown are associated with this type of boundary? The Volcanic island arc is an example of this boundary 14. Which of these images is a real-world example of this type of boundary? The image of the Mt. Ontake Volcano is an example of this Convergent Plate Boundaries – Room 3: 15. What specific type of convergent plate boundary is shown here? It is called an oceanic continental convergence. 16.Which of the geologic features shown are associated with this type of boundary? It is the continental volcanic arc 17. Which of these images is a real-world example of this type of boundary? The image Cotopaxi Volcano Exhibit 4: Transform Plate Boundaries 18.What type of stress is associated with transform plate boundaries? Shear stress is associated with the transform of plate boundaries

This document is the property of the University System of Georgia and is protected by the USG copyright policy. This document is not to be uploaded to any third-party site. Using this document for anything other than educational purposes among students in this course is a violation of the Academic Integrity policies of this course on behalf of the student and a violation of copyright law on behalf of the third- party site. 19.Watch the video. According to this video, in what specific way are transform plate boundaries different from convergent or divergent boundaries? Transform boundaries are different from convergent and divergent boundaries because they don’t create crust nor do they destroy it. Due to this, they don’t have the ability to be convergent and divergent boundaries. 20.What geologic feature of transform plate boundaries does this image show? (What can you see in the photo that’s a result of the plate boundary here?) (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) This fault starts at the bottom of this picture, the features on either side of the fault do not line up. The lower side is smoother and the upper side is more ragged. Exhibit 5: Hot Spots 21.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. false 22.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. Flumes of the molten may rise, and these mantle plumes form hot spots on the surface. This is where volcanism occurs within a plate instead of it being at a plate boundary. 23. True of False : The mechanism that generates hot spots moves with the plate. false

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This document is the property of the University System of Georgia and is protected by the USG copyright policy. This document is not to be uploaded to any third-party site. Using this document for anything other than educational purposes among students in this course is a violation of the Academic Integrity policies of this course on behalf of the student and a violation of copyright law on behalf of the third- party site. 24.Watch the video. Briefly explain how hot spots help track plate motion. As plates continue to move over hot spots the volcanic rocks that accumulate are carried off the hot spot, and erosion begins to wear them down and the new volcanoes form on the plate above the hot spots. Because they remain in place they can be used to tell where the plate has been in the past. 25.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 – or if it is at a plate boundary at all. If not, did it used to be? 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: Panama City Beach Florida Plate Boundary Type: A Jurassic Transform Plate Boundary Brief geologic description, including characteristics that would support the plate boundary type listed: The Jurassic transform plate boundary happened because of the strike-slip faults, shearing and fracturing of rocks, and seismic activity.

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