Download Earth Science Plate Tectonics Lab Write Up

Your Name
Per. __ Date__
Partners Name
Partners Name
Earth Science Plate Tectonics Lab
Purpose: Write down what you think the purpose of the lab is.
Materials: See Lab Instructions
Procedure: See Lab Instructions
Part A:
Drawing #1: See Drawings
Observation #1: The Written Description
Observation #2: Written Description
Drawing #2: See Drawings
Part B:
Drawing #1: See Drawings
Observation #1: The Written Description
Observation #2: Written Description
Drawing #2: See Drawings
Questions – Part A
1. Explain how the water and the sticks floating on the water represent Earth’s layers.
2. What type of currents are forming in the pan? Use changes in density as the basis of
your explanation.
3. Describe the movement of the wood pieces.
4. What plate boundary have you modeled in Part A?
Questions – Part B
5. Describe the movement of the wood pieces.
6. What plate boundary have you modeled in Part B.
Conclusion: Write a conclusion of what you learned about plate movement from doing this
lab. Your conclusion MUST include these terms:
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convection currents
continental crust
oceanic crust
asthenosphere
lithosphere
plate tectonics
diverging boundary
converging boundary