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    This document provides instructions for an 8th grade Earth Science class to take a virtual field trip to investigate evidence of plate tectonics. The class will first visit the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Federation, where they will research that the peninsula has significant tectonic plate activity as it resides in a subduction zone, causing volcanic eruptions. As the Pacific plate subducts under the Okhotsk plate, volcanoes are formed on the peninsula, which has mountainous topography as a result of the subduction zone.

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    This document provides instructions for an 8th grade Earth Science class to take a virtual field trip to investigate evidence of plate tectonics. The class will first visit the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Federation, where they will research that the peninsula has significant tectonic plate activity as it resides in a subduction zone, causing volcanic eruptions. As the Pacific plate subducts under the Okhotsk plate, volcanoes are formed on the peninsula, which has mountainous topography as a result of the subduction zone.

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    8th Grade Earth Science

    Take a Tectonic Vacation!


    As we conclude our study of Earths structure, processes and
    plate tectonics, lets travel around the world and investigate
    the evidence for these theories.
    Destination #1: Russian Federation
    1. Visit the following website:
    http://www.ctbto.org/verification-regime/featuredstations/types/primary-seismic/ps36-petropavlovskkamchatskiy-russian-federation/
    2. In complete sentences, answer the following questions:
    a. Describe the significance of the Kamchatka peninsula.
    b. Describe the weather of the Kamchatka peninsula.
    c. How many active volcanoes share territory with the
    Kamchatka peninsula?
    d. Explain the tectonic plate activity on the Kamchatka
    peninsula.
    e. What is the geologic definition of a subduction zone?
    f. On the Kamchatka peninsula, what occurs as a result
    of subduction zones?
    g. Describe the topography of the Kamchatka peninsula.
    3. Complete your travel log and map for Destination #1.

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