Science 7 CNBMS Mr. Banser
Projects and assignments – Science – Earthquake and Volcano Web Quest #1
Congratulations, you have been able to access this web quest project from my website or from my handout folder on the CNB network. The following questions will allow you to browse through some great informational sites focusing on earthquakes and volcanoes.
Have fun and happy hunting! You will be marked on completion of this activity as well as finding the correct information asked for.
Copy
all the following questions on this page below the arrow and paste them
into a new word document. Save as… sciencewebquest1 and then begin your search for
information
A) Begin with website C) All About Plate Tectonics: Earth's Plates and Continental Drift
Click on the link “Inside The Earth” and read to find the following information and answer the questions.
1) What is the lithosphere defined as?
2) Oceans cover approximately how much of the Earth’s surface in percent?
*Use the section on the Continental drift to answer the following questions
3) Where does most of the Earth’s seismic activity (movement action) take place?
4) List three types of plate movement.(read the information about how they work)
5) Alfred Wegener was a geologist, but also a what?
6) Do plates move horizontally, vertically, or both?
7) What do plates float on?
8) What type of rock are oceanic plates made of?
9) What type of rock are continental plates made of?
10) What is the process of new crust formation called?
11) When two continental plates collide, what types of mountains are formed?
12) What is the name of the super-continent that existed about 200 million
through 100 million years ago?
13) Who first stated the theory of continental drift?