Download Plate Tectonics Online Simulation Copy and paste the following

Plate Tectonics Online Simulation
Copy and paste the following address into your URL:
phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/plate-tectonics
1. Click download and open up the simulation.
2. On the “Crust” tab, on the bottom right click “Both” and “Show Labels”.
3. In the top right is a “Zoom” tool. Drag the tab all the way down to zoom all
the way out.
4. List the five layers you see.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
5. Zoom all the way back in using the “Zoom” tool.
6. For each of the following record your observations.
a. Using the “Density” gauge from the tool box, click and drag the gauge
from the oceanic crust to the continental crust. What do you notice
happens?
b. Dragging the gauge from the continental crust down to the mantle,
what do you notice occurs?
c. Now, grab the thermometer. Where can you find the hottest
temperatures?
d. Where do you find the coolest temperatures?
7. Click on the “Plate Motion” tab at the top of the window.
8. In the “View Box” click “Both” and “Show Labels”.
9. At the top, make sure you are on Manual Mode.
10. Click and drag the continental crust to the right side and the young oceanic
crust to the left, then click “Seawater” in the “View Box”.
11. Push the lever forward (to the right).
a. What type of boundary is this?
b. What begins to happen on the continental crust after about 33 million
years?
c. What is the layer between the crust and the mantle called?
12. Change to “Automatic Mode”.
13. Hit “New Crust” and place the young oceanic crust to the right and the old
oceanic crust to the left.
14. Click “Divergent”.
15. Hit play on the top right of the screen.
a. What forms under the sea?
b. Click “Rewind”, What happens to the old crust?