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Names______________________________________
Plate Tectonic Information Cube Rubric
_____Panel 1: Structure of the Earth (16 points)
 Parts and what each is made of
 Magnetic field
 Types of heat transfer and really expand on the one that relates to our topic
_____Panel 2: Continental Drift Theory (17 points)
 Alfred Wegener’s theory
 Hypothesis based on what evidence?
 Pangaea
o Gondwanaland
o Laurasia
 Was the theory accepted or denied? Explain
_____Panel 3: Sea Floor Spreading (17 points)
 What is it and how was it discovered?
 Evidence?
 Picture with explanation
 What is subduction? Consequences in the Pacific Ocean? Atlantic Ocean?
_____Panel 4: Plate Tectonics (17 points)
 J. Tuzo Wilson’s theory
 How do plates move - mention parts of the earth and heat transfer (panel #1)
 Plate Boundaries and common occurrences
o Convergent
o Divergent
o Transform
_____Panel 5: Consequences of Plate Movement (Earthquakes) (16 points)
 Types of stress – shearing, tension, compression
 Measuring earthquakes
o Seismic waves – primary waves, secondary waves, surface waves
o Technology and scales
 How they cause damage
_____Panel 6: Consequences of Plate Movement (Volcanoes) (16 points)
 What are volcanoes
 Locations of volcanoes
 Volcanoes along boundaries
 Ring of fire
 Hot spot volcanoes
______Total Points Earned
Names______________________________________
Plate Tectonic Information Cube Rubric
_____Panel 1: Structure of the Earth (16 points)
 Parts and what each is made of
 Magnetic field
 Types of heat transfer and really expand on the one that relates to our topic
_____Panel 2: Continental Drift Theory (17 points)
 Alfred Wegener’s theory
 Hypothesis based on what evidence?
 Pangaea
o Gondwanaland
o Laurasia
 Was the theory accepted or denied? Explain
_____Panel 3: Sea Floor Spreading (17 points)
 What is it and how was it discovered?
 Evidence?
 Picture with explanation
 What is subduction? Consequences in the Pacific Ocean? Atlantic Ocean?
_____Panel 4: Plate Tectonics (17 points)
 J. Tuzo Wilson’s theory
 How do plates move - mention parts of the earth and heat transfer (panel #1)
 Plate Boundaries and common occurrences
o Convergent
o Divergent
o Transform
_____Panel 5: Consequences of Plate Movement (Earthquakes) (16 points)
 Types of stress – shearing, tension, compression
 Measuring earthquakes
o Seismic waves – primary waves, secondary waves, surface waves
o Technology and scales
 How they cause damage
_____Panel 6: Consequences of Plate Movement (Volcanoes) (16 points)
 What are volcanoes
 Locations of volcanoes
 Volcanoes along boundaries
 Ring of fire
 Hot spot volcanoes
______Total Points Earned