Exercise 2: Plate Tectonic Boundaries and Rock Types Step 1: Gather the necessary materials to complete this exercise – see slide 3 at the start of this overview packet. Step 2: Answer the Questions A - G below and on the following slide about the rocks found at some of numbered ocations on the diagram below. Record your answers on a sheet of paper. HINT: Not sure where to start with determining rock type and rock name – review the "Plate Tectonic Boundaries and Formation of Rocks" slides (Slides 5 – 12) in this Overview Packet. VERTICAL SCALE Question A: What type of rock – igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic – makes up the asthenosphere at Location 2 AND what is the rock name of the rock that makes up the asthenosphere at Location 2? HIGHLY EXAGGERATED OCEANIC SPREADING RIDGE 14 TRENCH 11 Question B: What type of rock – igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic – makes up the oceanic crust at Location 6 AND what is the rock name of the rock that makes up the oceanic crust at Location 6? Magma source 13 Magma OCEANIC source CONTINENTA 12 LITHOSPHERE LITHOSPHER ASTHENOSPHERE Question C: What type of rock – igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic – makes up the rocks found on top of the oceanic crust at Location 7 AND what is the rock name of each of the three rocks that can be found on top of the oceanic crust at Location 7? ASTHENOSPHE ASTHENOSPHERE (semi-solid, slowly flowing upper mantle) 100 km 100 km 10 LOWER MANTLE
Exercise 2: Plate Tectonic Boundaries and Rock Types Step 1: Gather the necessary materials to complete this exercise – see slide 3 at the start of this overview packet. Step 2: Answer the Questions A - G below and on the following slide about the rocks found at some of numbered ocations on the diagram below. Record your answers on a sheet of paper. HINT: Not sure where to start with determining rock type and rock name – review the "Plate Tectonic Boundaries and Formation of Rocks" slides (Slides 5 – 12) in this Overview Packet. VERTICAL SCALE Question A: What type of rock – igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic – makes up the asthenosphere at Location 2 AND what is the rock name of the rock that makes up the asthenosphere at Location 2? HIGHLY EXAGGERATED OCEANIC SPREADING RIDGE 14 TRENCH 11 Question B: What type of rock – igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic – makes up the oceanic crust at Location 6 AND what is the rock name of the rock that makes up the oceanic crust at Location 6? Magma source 13 Magma OCEANIC source CONTINENTA 12 LITHOSPHERE LITHOSPHER ASTHENOSPHERE Question C: What type of rock – igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic – makes up the rocks found on top of the oceanic crust at Location 7 AND what is the rock name of each of the three rocks that can be found on top of the oceanic crust at Location 7? ASTHENOSPHE ASTHENOSPHERE (semi-solid, slowly flowing upper mantle) 100 km 100 km 10 LOWER MANTLE
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