Name: _______________________________
Plate Tectonics Simulation
Crust Tab
a. What is the cause of the difference in temperature between the two types of crust in the images to the right?
b. List all the ways you can change oceanic crust into continental crust using the sliders.
c. Zoom all the way out like this: Then make your View box look like this:
Name of Layer | How does this layer’s density compare to the picture? | Why? |
· Greater Than· Less Than· Equal To | ||
· Greater Than· Less Than· Equal To | ||
· Greater Than· Less Than· Equal To |
Now switch to the “Plate Motion” tab. Always view “Both,” “Show Labels,” and “Show Seawater” (when possible).
Click on “Manual Mode.” Complete the table below using only Manual Mode.
*Note: To see the same action happen again, click “Rewind.” To change the plates completely, click “New Crust.”
Example 1: Drag one oceanic crust (either young or old) and one continental crust onto the screen. Drag the plate in the direction of the green arrow. | |
Describe the results: | |
Type of Boundary?· Convergent· Divergent· Transform | What is the effect/outcome of this plate movement? |
Follow-Up Question: What causes the oceanic crust to subduct, or go under the continental crust? | |
Example 2: Drag two old oceanic crusts onto the screen. Drag the plate in the direction of the redarrow. | |
Describe the results: | |
Type of Boundary?· Convergent· Divergent· Transform | What is the effect/outcome of this plate movement? |
Follow-Up Question: Where does the “new crust” come from? Where does the “old crust” go? | |
Example 3: Drag an oceanic (either young or old) crust and continental crust onto the screen. Drag the plate in the direction of the green arrow. | |
Describe the results: | |
Type of Boundary?· Convergent· Divergent· Transform | What is the effect/outcome of this plate movement? |
Follow-Up Question: Why do you think you are not able to make a divergent oceanic/continental boundary? |
Name: _
______________________________
Plate Tectonics
Simulation
Crust Tab
a.
What
is the cause
of
the difference in temperature between the
two
types of
crust
in the images to the right
?
b.
List all the ways you can change oceanic crust into
continental crust using the sliders.
c.
Zoom all the way out like this
:
Then
make your
View
b
ox
look like
t
his
:
Name of Layer
How does this
layer
’s
density
compare
to
the
picture?
Why?
Greater Than
Less Than
Equal
T
o
Greater Than
Less
Than
Equal
T
o
Greater Than
Less Than
Equal
T
o
Name: _______________________________
Plate Tectonics Simulation
Crust Tab
a. What is the cause of the difference in temperature between the two types of
crust in the images to the right?
b. List all the ways you can change oceanic crust into continental crust using the sliders.
c. Zoom all the way out like this: Then make your View box look like this:
Name of Layer How does this layer’s
density compare to the
picture?
Why?
Greater Than
Less Than
Equal To
Greater Than
Less Than
Equal To
Greater Than
Less Than
Equal To