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Plate Tectonics Lab
Word Bank
Ridges
Trench
Mountains
Earthquakes
Rift Valley
Volcanoes
Problem: What do you predict the different plate interactions shown above cause/create? Use the
Word Bank provided.
Hypothesis for Divergent Boundary:
Hypothesis for Convergent Boundary:
Hypothesis for Transform Boundary:
Materials: Milky Way Candy Bar
Procedure:
1. Using the Milky Way candy bar, try to recreate the three types of interactions that occur in
the tectonic plates shown above, STARTING WITH CONVERGENT.
2. Draw and describe what happens in each box below. Convergent has two possibilities. Be
very specific with your observations and descriptions.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Analysis Questions:
1. Based on what you witnessed with the Milky Way, how does a convergent boundary affect
the lithosphere (crust) of the Earth? (Remember, you witnessed 2 possible outcomes above,
so you should explain two effects.)
2. Based on what you witnessed with the Milky Way, how does a divergent boundary affect
the lithosphere (crust) of the Earth?
3. Based on what you witnessed with the Milky Way, how does a transform boundary affect
the lithosphere (crust) of the Earth?
Bonus: (Feel free to use the computer )
A. Name 1 specific place on Earth where convergent boundaries are occurring.
B. Name 1 specific place on Earth where divergent boundaries are occurring.
C. Name 1 specific place on Earth where transform boundaries are occurring.