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LEARNING TARGETS- Plate Tectonics
E-1
What are the LAYERS OF THE EARTH? Give
the thickness of each layer and its composition.
Include Asthenosphere and Lithosphere.
THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH. Create a visual
display that shows the layers of the earth, in
proportion to their actual thickness, labeling each
with their correct thickness and composition.
E-7
How do scientists study the interior structure
of the earth?
E-8
Where do most volcanoes and earthquakes
occur?
Use the Seismic Eruptions program on the desktop
computers to analyze where volcanoes and earthquakes
most frequently occur.
E-9
What is the difference between OCEANIC
CRUST and CONTINENTAL CRUST?
E-2
Define EARTHQUAKE.
GENERAL ASSIGNMENTS
E-3
What is a SEISMOLOGIST?
E-10
Understand the theory of PLATE
TECTONICS.
Include:
Alfred Wegener
Fossil Evidence
Rock/Mountain Range Evidence
Age of the Sea Floor – Seafloor Spreading
Puzzle Piece Shape of Plate Boundaries
E-11
How do CONVECTION CURRENTS in the
mantle drive Plate Tectonics?
E – 12
How do rocks move and change forms? The
rock cycle.
E-4
Understand the difference between the
following SEISMIC WAVES:
P-WAVES
S-WAVES
SURFACE WAVES
E-5
What is an EPICENTER and FOCUS? How
do seismologists locate EPICENTERS?
E-6
Locate the following:
 THE RING OF FIRE
 THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
 THE 7 PRIMARY PLATES AND 8
SECONDARDY PLATES
 CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE
THE ROCK CYCLE. For this project, you
need to demonstrate your knowledge of the
Rock Cycle through any form that you wish. It
can be a diorama, a project display board, a
power point, or anything else that works for
you. The display should be a teaching tool,
easily to understand and a quality piece of work.
E – 13
How do engineers make a building safe?
Research and build a model of a home/building
that uses earthquake prevention mechanisms.
Include a description of the techniques.
E – 14
What are the major factors that determine
the intensity of ground shaking from an
earthquake?
Create ground scenarios, have a controlled
structure, and use the WMS shake table to
demonstrate how these factors effect ground
shaking.
E – 15
What are the 3 types of earthquakes the
Pacific Northwest could experience? How
and where do they occur?
E – 16
What evidence led scientists to believe that
the last MEGATHRUST QUAKE in
Washington occurred in January of 1700?