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Basalt is denser than granite. Which picture shows how the molecules in basalt would look?
Basalt is denser than granite. Which picture shows how the molecules in basalt would look?
What materials could we use to make a model of plate tectonics in this classroom?
There are different types of rocks in the Earth's crust. Is basalt generally found in the crust under the ocean or under the land?
There are different types of rocks in the Earth's crust. Is granite generally found in the crust under the ocean or under the land?
Basalt is denser than granite. Which picture shows how the molecules in basalt would look?
Basalt is denser than granite. What else must be true about basalt?
Mark locations where two OCEANIC plates are meeting in blue.
Mark locations where two CONTINENTAL plates are meeting in red.
Mark locations where an OCEANIC and CONTINENTAL plate are meeting in yellow.
Predict: what will happen to the graham crackers when they slide past each other (strike-slip fault)?
Predict: what will happen to the graham crackers when they collide straight-on (convergence)?
Predict: what will happen to the graham crackers when they move apart from each other (divergence)?
Predict: what will happen to the graham crackers when the oceanic cracker meets the continental cracker (subduction)?
Fill in your observations and LABEL THE PICTURES with what fault type they are
Fill in your observations and LABEL THE PICTURES with what fault type they are
Which plate model do you think created Mt. Everest and WHY?