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    Earths Interior Webquest

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    This document is a web quest that guides students through learning about the earth's interior layers, heat transfer, continental drift, and plate tectonics by having them visit various websites and answer questions. It divides the content into four parts that cover the earth's crust, mantle and core; convection currents and the mantle; drifting continents; and the theory of plate tectonics. Students are directed to external links to read about these topics and then answer follow-up questions to test their understanding. The goal is to enhance their knowledge on these subjects relating to the structure and dynamics of the earth.

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    This document is a web quest that guides students through learning about the earth's interior layers, heat transfer, continental drift, and plate tectonics by having them visit various websites and answer questions. It divides the content into four parts that cover the earth's crust, mantle and core; convection currents and the mantle; drifting continents; and the theory of plate tectonics. Students are directed to external links to read about these topics and then answer follow-up questions to test their understanding. The goal is to enhance their knowledge on these subjects relating to the structure and dynamics of the earth.

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    This document is a web quest that guides students through learning about the earth's interior layers, heat transfer, continental drift, and plate tectonics by having them visit various websites and answer questions. It divides the content into four parts that cover the earth's crust, mantle and core; convection currents and the mantle; drifting continents; and the theory of plate tectonics. Students are directed to external links to read about these topics and then answer follow-up questions to test their understanding. The goal is to enhance their knowledge on these subjects relating to the structure and dynamics of the earth.

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    This document is a web quest that guides students through learning about the earth's interior layers, heat transfer, continental drift, and plate tectonics by having them visit various websites and answer questions. It divides the content into four parts that cover the earth's crust, mantle and core; convection currents and the mantle; drifting continents; and the theory of plate tectonics. Students are directed to external links to read about these topics and then answer follow-up questions to test their understanding. The goal is to enhance their knowledge on these subjects relating to the structure and dynamics of the earth.

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    Earths Interior Web Quest

    Name _____________________________________________________________________ Period__________________


    Introduction
    A Web Quest is an internet based activity that will provide you with information that will be useful in class. When
    completing this Web Quest you will visit many Web sites that will enhance your knowledge in the areas of the earth's
    interior (layers), heat transfer, continental drift and plate tectonics.
    Task
    This Web Quest is divided into sections. When you come to a link (always in orange), click it. The link will bring you to an
    outside Web site that will provide you with information on the above topics. After reading the entire Web page answer
    the questions that follow. Start here: www.morganunit.weebly.com/webquest.html

    Part 1: Earth's Interior


    Earth is many thousand kilometers in depth. If you could travel deep into the earth's surface you would find that it
    contains three main layers; the crust, mantle and core. To learn more about the layers of Earth, click the following links
    and answer the questions that follow.
    Click on the Earths Layers link.
    After reading each slide click the "next" button and proceed to read the next slide. When you have examined all of the
    slides, complete the questions on the "questions" slide. These questions are also below.

    Name the five layers of the earth in order from the outside to the center of the earth. ____________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    What floats on top of the mantle? ___________________ _______________________

    What do plate tectonics have to do with making mountains and oceans? ________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________________

    What is the cause of a volcanic eruption? __________________________________________________________


    ___________________________________________________________________________________________

    What are the two main metals that make up the outer and inner core? _________________________________

    Describe in your own words how the earth's layers were formed. __________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    Part 2: Convection Currents and the Mantle


    Heat transfer is the movement of heat from a warmer object to a cooler object. There are three ways in which heat can
    be transferred; conduction, convection and/or radiation. Click on the links below and answer the questions that follow.
    Click on the Convection, Conduction and Radiation Link & Heat Transfer Link

    How is heat transferred by conduction? _________________________________________________________


    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    Explain the process of convection. ______________________________________________________________


    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    How is heat transferred by radiation? ___________________________________________________________


    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    If air is a fluid, why isn't convection responsible for transferring heat to Earth from the sun? _______________
    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    Test your knowledge! Scroll back to the top of the Heat Transfer Web page and take the "Mini Quiz". Explain how your
    did! _____________________________________________________________________________________________
    As you already know, the earth's mantle contains two layers; the asthenosphere (tough liquid part of the outer mantle)
    and the lithosphere (the stiffer outer mantle and the crust). Because of the intense pressure and temperature in the
    mantle convection currents occur. To learn about what influence these convection currents have on Earth, read the Web
    page below and answer the questions that follow.
    The Mantle Link

    Describe how convection currents occur in Earth's mantle. __________________________________________


    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    What is a constructive force caused by the convection currents in the earth's mantle? ____________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    What is a destructive force caused by the convection currents in the earth's mantle? _____________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    Part 3: Drifting Continents


    The theory of continental drift originated from a German scientist named Alfred Wegener who proposed that there was
    once a super continent called Pangaea ("all lands"). Wegener proposed that over time the continents drifted apart. Read
    through the following link to learn about Wegener's theory of continental drift.
    Continental Drift Link

    What 5 factors did Wegener use to support his theory? _____________________________________________


    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    List three of the arguments of geologists that disproved Wegener's theory. _____________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    Arthur Holmes came up with his own theory of drifting continents in 1928. What was his theory? ___________
    __________________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    Part 4: The Theory of Plate Tectonics


    The theory of plate tectonics was formulated in the 1960s and 1970s when new information was discovered about the
    inside of Earth. To learn more, click on the links below, read the Web page and answer the questions that follow.
    Plate Tectonics Link

    What is the theory of plate tectonics? __________________________________________________________


    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    What new information led to the theory of plate tectonics? ________________________________________


    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    About how fast do the plates move in relation to each other each year? _______________________________

    What is it called when two plates meet? ________________________________________________________


    _________________________________________________________________________________________

    Convergent Boundaries Link

    What are convergent boundaries? _____________________________________________________________


    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    What occurs when a continental and an oceanic plate collide? _______________________________________


    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    When an oceanic plate digs into Earth's hot interior, what occurs? ____________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    How were the Andes Mountains in South America formed? __________________________________________


    ___________________________________________________________________________________________

    Divergent Boundaries Link

    What are divergent boundaries? ________________________________________________________________


    ___________________________________________________________________________________________

    Explain how volcanoes form in the central valley of a divergent boundary? ______________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________________

    How much does the Atlantic ocean widen per year due to divergent boundaries? _________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________________

    Transform Boundaries Link

    What are transform boundaries? ________________________________________________________________


    ___________________________________________________________________________________________

    What could happen to a stream bed that is split by a transform boundary? ____________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________________

    Name one of Earth's most famous transform boundaries? Where is it located?


    _____________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________________

    True or False?
    o Due to transforming plates, Los Angeles will break away from California. Explain your answer. ________
    ____________________________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________________________

    Conclusion

    Great job! You have put a lot of hard work into answering the questions above.

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