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Earth's Place in the Universe ESS1
ESS1-5 Plate Tectonics
ESS1 5 Volcano activity
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Location of Volcanoes activity
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There are 1500 active volcanoes
worldwide
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400 are around the Pacific Ocean: the Ring of Fire
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To locate volcanoes: you will be assigned three from the following lists
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Print out a map of the world with latitude and longitude coordinates:
Using the coordinates given for your 3 volcanoes, plot them on a map of the world
Do you notice anything about the location of the volcano sites?
Now plot the same volcano locations on a map of the tectonic plates
Identify which of your 3 volcanoes you think are close to plate boundaries
Put a red box around the volcanoes that are close to plate boundaries
What extra information would you need to know to identify whether each volcano is close to a divergent plate boundary, D, or convergent plate boundary, C, or hot spot, H?
Label any of your three volcanoes on plate boundaries as C, D or H
Now research coordinates and add ANOTHER active volcano to the map
ESS1-5
Evaluate evidence of the past and current movements of continental and oceanic crust and the theory of plate tectonics to explain the ages of crustal rocks.
Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the ability of plate tectonics to explain the ages of crustal rocks. Examples include evidence of the ages oceanic crust increasing with distance from mid-ocean ridges (a result of plate spreading) and the ages of North American continental crust increasing with distance away from a central ancient core (a result of past plate interactions).
Assessment Boundary: none