Name:______________________________________________________ Period:_____________ Date:____________________________________
Plate Tectonics Webquest!
Directions: Go to Mrs. Gillespie’s website and click on the link for the plate tectonics webquest - http://www.amnh.org/ology/features/plates/loader.swf
Introduction: Answer these questions as you watch the introduction animation and read the text at the top.
What is the area where two plates meet called? ________________________________________________________________________________
What often occurs at plate boundaries? _______________________________________________________________________________________
Map: Click on red spots on the map to learn about what is happening at each.
Boundary type
(divergent, subduction,
Location
Motion (Click on stats)
transform, or buckling?)
Hawaii
Mid-Atlantic
Ridge
Geologic Event
Picture
Location
San
Francisco;
San Andreas
Fault
Himalayas
Mt. Fuji
_________
YOUR
CHOICE
(Write it on
the blank)
Boundary type
Motion (Click on stats)
Geologic Event
Picture
Volcanoes: Mrs. Gillepie’s wiki: Volcano Webquest OR http://discoverykids.com/games/volcano-explorer/ Click ENTER and use the menu on the
left to explore the various topics.
Select “Global Perspective”:
1. Click on “the Ring of Fire” in the lower right hand corner – explain what the Ring of Fire is: ____________________________________________
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2. Click on “Layers Within”: How do volcanoes form? ____________________________________________________________________________
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3. Click on “Volcanoes Types” and complete the chart below using the links in the lower right-hand corner:
Volcano Types
Stratovolcano
Cinder Cone
Volcano
Shield Volcano
DESCRIBE how it forms
DESCRIBE what it looks like
DESCRIBE what the eruption
looks like
Picture
On the menu, select “Inside a Volcano” and fill in the blank in the following sentence: When __________________________
are high enough, the magma shoots up through the shaft of the volcano, and an eruption occurs.
Virtual Volcano: Build your own volcano and watch it erupt!
In the lower right-hand corner click on “VISCOSITY INFO” and fill in the blanks below:
4. ___________________ is the thickness of the magma. Thick magma has _________ silica levels, runny, thin magma has
______________silica levels.
In the lower right-hand corner click on “GAS INFO” and fill in the blanks below:
5. Magma’s gas content depends on the amount of ______________ and __________________ in the magma. These gases
can create ___________________.
6. Use the arrows to “set the conditions” and change the settings to the VISCOSITY and GAS see what kind of volcano you can make!
Viscosity Gas Type of Volcano
Describe the eruption
Describe the activity associated with the eruption
Low
High
Between
low and
Medium
Low
High
Low
High
High