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How could plate movement help us explain how Mt. Everest and other locations are changing in elevation?
Lesson Objectives...
Develop and use models showing what is happening at varying spatial and time scales to describe how plates interact at plate boundaries.
Construct an argument supporting a model of how plate interactions could cause mountains and earthquakes.
Resources for Lesson 6...
Resources for Lesson 6...
Modeling Plate Boundaries
Modeling Plate Boundaries
Watch the video to gather evidence about different plate movement and the landforms they create.
Plates Moving Toward Each Other - Convergent Boundaries
Plates Moving Toward Each Other - Convergent Boundaries
Less dense continental plate (granite) collides with more dense oceanic plate (basalt). When these plates collide they can form a trench.
Similar plates collides with each other. Here continental crust collides with continental crust. When these plates collide they form mountains.
Plates Moving Away From Each Other - Divergent Boundaries
Plates Moving Away From Each Other - Divergent Boundaries
Both plates move away from each other. Forming a ridge in the middle of this model. They can also form a rift valley in other situations.
Plates Sliding Past Each Other - Transform Boundaries
Plates Sliding Past Each Other - Transform Boundaries
Plate Boundary Simulation (Another Model)
Plate Boundary Simulation (Another Model)
Use the simulation (model) to gather more evidence for landforms created at plate boundary movement.
Where in the world is this happening? - Plate Movement
Where in the world is this happening? - Plate Movement
Gather evidence from Seismic Explorer - Plate Movement to help answer our lesson question. How could plate movement help us explain how Mt. Everest and other locations are changing in elevation? Do not forget to gather information by selecting Data Type.
What we figured out this lesson...
What we figured out this lesson...
- When plates move towards each other, they collide and mountains can get taller. (Lesson 6)
- Plates can move next to each other in opposite directions. (Lesson 6)
- Plate boundaries or edges are rough; when plates interact, they can get stuck against or slip against each other, which we can feel as earthquakes. (Lesson 6)
- Plate movement causes earthquakes. (Lesson 6)
- Plate movement can cause mountains to get taller. (Lesson 6)
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