Plate Tectonics Lab Report

Instructions: In the Plate Tectonic lab you will investigate the interactions between continental
and oceanic plates at convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries around the globe. Record
your observations in the lab report below. You will submit your completed report.

Name and Title:

Micaela Sanchez

Edidiong Asuquo Eyo

5/01/2024

Plate tectonics lab

Include your name, instructor's name, date, and name of lab.

Objective(s):

To learn how the tectonic plates move

In your own words, what was the purpose of this lab?

Hypothesis:

In this section, please include the if/then statements you developed during your lab activity for
each location on the map. These statements reflect your predicted outcomes for the experiment.

Location One: Aleutian Islands

Select two events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two continental plates at a
convergent boundary, then I will observe:

 earthquakes
 faults
 ocean formation
 mountains
  volcanoes
 island chains
 seafloor spreading

Location Two: San Andreas fault zone

Select three events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two continental plates at a
divergent boundary, then I will observe:

 earthquakes
 faults
 ocean formation
 mountains
 volcanoes
 island chains
 seafloor spreading

Location Three: Mid-Atlantic ridge

Select three events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two continental plates at a
transform boundary, then I will observe:

 earthquakes
 faults
 ocean formation
 mountains
 volcanoes
 island chains
 seafloor spreading

Location Four: East Africa

Select two events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two oceanic plates at a
convergent boundary, then I will observe:

 earthquakes
 faults
 ocean formation
  mountains
 volcanoes
 island chains
 seafloor spreading

Location Five: Himalayas

Select three events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two oceanic plates at a
divergent boundary, then I will observe:

 earthquakes
 faults
 ocean formation
 mountains
 volcanoes
 island chains
 seafloor spreading

Location Six: Alpine Fault

Select two events that you predict will be observed. If I explore two oceanic plates at a transform
boundary, then I will observe:

 earthquakes
 faults
 ocean formation
 mountains
 volcanoes
 island chains
 seafloor spreading

Procedure:

The procedures are listed in your virtual lab. You do not need to repeat them here. Please be sure
to identify the test variable (independent variable), outcome variable (dependent variable).
Reminder: Test variable = the item you are changing or manipulating; Outcome variable = the
item you are measuring

 Test variable (independent variable):

 Outcome variable (dependent variable):

Data:

Record the data from each location below.

Location Boundary Type Year Observed Geologic Events Observed

Name (C=Convergent, (5, 10, or 20 (earthquakes, faults, ocean formation,
D=Divergent, or million years) mountains, volcanoes, island chains,
T=Transform) seafloor spreading)

Location One C=Convergent 5 Event 1-earthquakes,

Himalayas
20 Event 2-mountains

Location Two D=Divergent 5 Event 1-earthquakes

East Africa
10 Event 2-volcanoes

20 Event 3-ocean formation

Location Three T=Transform 5 Event 1-earthquakes

San Andreas
10 Event 2- faults
fault zone
20 Event 3- mountains

Location Four C=Convergent 5 Event 1- faults and volcanoes

Aleutian
20 Event 2-island chains
Islands

Location Five D=Divergent 5 Event 1-earthquakes

Mid-Atlantic
10 Event 2-volcanoes
Ridge
20 Event 3-seafloor spreading

Location Six T=Transform 5 Event 1-earthquakes, faults,

Alpine Fault volcanoes

20 Event 2-island chains