Objective(s): In your own words, what was the purpose of this lab?

Hypothesis:

Location One: Select two events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two continental plates at a convergent boundary, then I will observe:

• earthquakes

• faults

• ocean formation

• mountains

• volcanoes

• island chains

• seafloor spreading

Location Two: Select three events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two continental plates at a divergent boundary, then I will observe:

• earthquakes

• faults

• ocean formation

• mountains

• volcanoes

• island chains

• seafloor spreading

Location Three: Select three events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two continental plates at a transform boundary, then I will observe:

• earthquakes

• faults

• ocean formation

• mountains

• volcanoes

• island chains

• seafloor spreading

Location Four: Select two events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two oceanic plates at a convergent boundary, then I will observe:

• earthquakes

• faults

• ocean formation

• mountains

• volcanoes

• island chains

• seafloor spreading

Location Five: Select three events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two oceanic plates at a divergent boundary, then I will observe:

• earthquakes

• faults

• ocean formation

• mountains

• volcanoes

• island chains

• seafloor spreading

Location Six: Select two events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two oceanic plates at a transform boundary, then I will observe:

• earthquakes

• faults

• ocean formation

• mountains

• volcanoes

• island chains

• seafloor spreading

Procedure:

The procedures are listed in your virtual lab. You do not need to repeat them here. Please be sure to identify the test variable (independent variable), outcome variable (dependent variable).

Reminder: Test variable = the item you are changing or manipulating; Outcome variable = the item you are measuring

• Test variable (independent variable):

• Outcome variable (dependent variable):

Data:

Record the data from each location below.

Location Name Boundary Type Millions of Years Geologic Events Observed

Location One

Himalayas Convergent 5

20

Event 1 - Earthquakes

Event 2 - Mountain Range

Location Two

East Africa Divergent 5

10

20

Event 1 - Earthquake

Event 2 - Volcano

Event 3 - Seafloor spreading

Location Three

San Andreas Fault Transform 5

10

20

Event 1 - Earthquake

Event 2 - Fault

Event 3 - Mountain Range

Location Four

Aleutian Islands Convergent 5

20

Event 1 - Volcano

Event 2 - Fault, Ocean formation

Location Five

Mid-Atlantic Ridge Divergent 5

10

20

Event 1 - Earthquake

Event 2 - Volcano

Event 3 - Seafloor spreading

Location Six

Alpine Fault Transform 5

20

Event 1 - Fault, Volcanos, Earthquake

Event 2 - Island chains

Conclusion:

Your conclusion will include a summary of the lab results and an interpretation of the results. Please write in complete sentences.

1. What types of geological events or changes occur at divergent plate boundaries?

2. What types of geological events or changes occur at convergent plate boundaries?

3. What types of geological events or changes occur at transform plate boundaries?

4. Explain how these geological processes and interactions have changed Earth's surface through the years. Be sure to use evidence to support your answer.
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