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Tasty Tectonics

Glue the worksheet on page 60 FAF Right

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If you are not done, you will have to do the worksheet on your own using the class notes. The notes will not be uploaded until the end of the day.

Are you done with your work? EDPuzzle/ Layers of the Earth wkst Legends (All 3 games) ALL NOTES up through Section 10

Follow your teacher’s directions to complete this section.

LITHOSPHERE

(Crust & Upper Mantle)

ASTHENOSPHERE

LOWER MANTLE

INNER CORE OUTER CORE

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FAULTS PLATES

Open the candy bar.

Place on a paper towel.

Use your fingernail to make SMALL cracks in the surface (top)

Part B: Observing Forces

4. COMPRESSION

Apply compression by slowly push the ends of the candy bar towards the middle by a couple centimeters.

What do you observe? Write it on your worksheet.

The pieces of chocolate move together with some going over the others or two pieces push upwards together (arch)

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5. TENSION

Apply tension by pulling the ends of the candy bar away from the middle by a couple centimeters.

What do you observe? Write it on your worksheet.

The pieces of chocolate spread apart; some may "drop" into the caramel layer

6. SHEARING Push the candy bar back into its original position (as close as you can.) Apply a shearing force by pushing one end to the left and the other to the right.

What do you observe? Write it on your worksheet.

The pieces of chocolate "slide" in different directions, but stay flat.

You may eat your candy bar now!

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Part C: Real World Connections - Identify the type of force involved in each plate boundary and draw arrows to show how the plates move.

DIVERGENT TENSION RIFT

CONVERGENT COMPRESSION ANDES SUBDUCTION

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TRANSFORM SHEARING

SAN ANDREAS

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