The world of Plate tectonics..using playdoh modeling....15 points

Find out about the layers of the earth by examination of the layers here

In class, we created a model of a divergent, convergent, and transverse (or transform or strike-slip faults, depending on the book) using a layered model of playdoh.

Now, use a blog post and answer the following:
1. What is the importance of each of the following terms...


a) Pangaea
b) Sea floor spreading
c) Plate boundaries
d) the ring of fire (Hawaii to Japan)
e) a mid-ocean ridge
f) a shifting north and south pole

2. What do volcanoes on the Moon and Mars tell us about those planets?

3. Go to the GPS time series and find out the motion rates for the following locations:

DUBO

HILO

KELY

HOFN

What does this tell you about the movement of the continents?

4. Find out about the devastating tsunami after Christmas in 2004 by going here. What effects did this have on the rotation of the Earth, the shape of the Earth, the shape of the ocean where it originated, and the energy released by the earthquake.

5. Wegener and his theory of plate tectonics was not accepted until after he died. What are three pieces of evidence for the idea?