Earthquake Expert! (get worksheet)

1. Learn about tectonic plates both from the Volcano World website on tectonic plates and from the Encarta CD!
2. Learn about earthquakes at Volcano World's Earthquake page. Click through at least 5 of their slides.
3. Check out Nova's Savage Earth site showing types of faults!
4. Go to this part of the Nova site and select the The Hot Zones animation (it's highlighted in purple- below the map of the plates)
5. Have there been any Earthquakes in the Bay Area in the last few days? Check out the USGS map showing all earthquakes! A map of the state of California is also available.

Interesting sites:

• Look at this USGS map of the Bay Area and find the Solano County. Are there any earthquake faults in our county?
• Big Earthquakes during 2000!

1. So, just what is a tectonic plate? Use the Encarta CD and the Volcano World website on tectonic plates
2. Explain how tectonic plates help to create Mount Everest! Visit all three sites listed below to find out! Also check out the Encara CD!
3. Was the area under Mt. Everest ever a hill before it was a mountain?
   • Go to Nova's Everest site
   • Marine Geology site on Everest
   • The Himalayas: Two continents collide
4. What sea was there before Mt. Everest? Where is the sea floor now?
   • Go tothe Nova Everest site

The Ring of Fire Expert (get worksheet)

1. Learn about tectonic plates both from the Volcano World website on tectonic plates and from the Encarta CD!
2. Find out where the Ring of Fire is located! Check out the Ring of Fire information from the Volcano World website.
3. What is the connection between volcanoes and the Ring of Fire? Volcano World's page
4. How are tectonic plates and the Ring of Fire connected? USGS Website
5. Locate and learn about three (3) volcanoes that are both in the United States and in the Ring of Fire. Look for Volcanoes at the Volcano World Volcanoes Page

The Juan De Fuca Tectonic Plate Expert (get worksheet)

1. So, just what is a tectonic plate? Use the Encarta CD and the Volcano World website on tectonic plates.
2. Find out if Earth's crust is solid or broken into pieces. Use the Microsoft Encarta CD to find out this information. Copy your answers onto your worksheet and copy the tectonic plate map onto your disk Check out the Volcano World website on tectonic plates!
3. Answer the questions about the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate at the following two sites:

   A. Juan de Fuca site A (USGS site)

   B. Juan de Fuca site B (USGS site)

What are tectonic plates?

1. So, just what is a tectonic plates?
• Volcano World's Tectonic Plate Plate
• Use the Microsoft Encarta 2000 CD and research plate tectonics.
• Use the Microsoft Encarta 2000 CD and explain what a subduction zone is.
2. Copy a map of the world's plates from MS Incarta (properly site the sourse)

Save the image on your floppy disk.

3. How do plates move?

Go to Volcano World's tectonic plates pages

What is a subduction zone?

Explain how the plates move and form a subduction zone.

Look at the USGS picture of a subduction zone

Volcano World's subduction zone picture

Copy the image from MS Incara (properly site the source).

Use at least 2 images from your Plate Tectonics lab experiment.