Returning to the earthquake simulator and really investigating what's happening at plate locations where plates are coming together is paying off! We could change the simulator's settings to not only see plate movement (so we could focus on the plates moving towards one another), but so we could also see where volcanoes are occurring.
The oceanic plates sinking under a continental plates are evident when we pull up a location like the Andes mountains. This shows how deep earthquakes are happening. And looking at the earthquakes happening near Mt. Everest is helpful too--those earthquakes are only shallow (two continental plates colliding).
The oceanic plates sinking under a continental plates are evident when we pull up a location like the Andes mountains. This shows how deep earthquakes are happening. And looking at the earthquakes happening near Mt. Everest is helpful too--those earthquakes are only shallow (two continental plates colliding).
With all this figuring out, we've come to an agreement that we can explain why lots of locations look the way they do and why they may or may not experience volcanoes and/or earthquakes.
This means we went back to the Driving Question Board to see what we could answer based on what we've figured out! Goodness we've figured a lot out!
This means we went back to the Driving Question Board to see what we could answer based on what we've figured out! Goodness we've figured a lot out!
We've still got some looming questions regarding the future of Mt. Everest...like where it will be or what it will look like. Maybe the past can tell us more about the future! Maybe other processes that happen on the Earth are able to help explain what we don't know!
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