Earth Science Unit 1 Day 4 continued

Learning Objective: Students will learn about plate tectonicsby doing a simulation and will analyze and interpret their data in writing using specific evidence and technical vocabulary lithosphere, asthenosphere, mantle, oceanic crust, inner core, outer core, continental crust, subduction.


Questions:

1. What is the effect of subduction? (book)
2. What caused the rocky mountains to be built? (book or brain)
3. New crust forms:

Answer choices for number 3:

	A. in an ocean trench. B. near a convergent boundary. C. where two plates pull apart from each other. D. at the lithosphere. Exit Ticket for Day 3: What is your opinion on the formation of the north american continent?