Journal Question and Project

Sit in your groups and make a list of duties for your next project

Group Assignment• On one sheet of paper, list the names of all of

the people in your group!• List the duties of each member in your group!• Hand list in to Mr. Robinson

Journal Question:

1. What caused the recent Earthquakes in Haiti?

2. Are there any Boundaries around Massachusetts?

3. Would you knowingly live near a plate boundary? Why or why not?

Due Monday!!!! March 7 (100 pts)

Project• You will need internet access to complete this

GROUP assignment! • Due Tuesday March 8, 2011

Group Project:1. Create a Diorama of the Structure of the Earth. 2. Essay 2 pages: Choose one plate Boundary. Describe the

type of plate Boundary it is (Divergent, Convergent, or Transform).

3. Explain how the plate boundaries work, and how they are caused.

4. Research an actual Boundary/fault found somewhere around the world.

5. List the types of natural disasters that happen there. 6. Accurately describe HOW the earth quake, Volcano or

volcanic eruption, or Tsunamis occur.

Plate boundaries

Tsunamis

Volcanism

Example (You cannot use this one)

• San Andreas Fault• Earth quakes….• Landslides etc..

Fault• Break in the

Earth’s crust

Boundaries

Place where two crustal plates meet

Crust: Continental (thicker and less dense than the other)

Oceanic crust (under the Ocean, more dense than the other)

Lithosphere

• Rocky top layer of the earth (Crust)

Subduction Zone

• Place where crust sinks into the mantle