Geology questions

1.)Why do we have plate tectonics?Open
2.)Do a lot of people live near plate tectonics? Or do people tend to live a distance away from them?Closed
3.)What is the most populated area that is affected by earthquakes the most?Why?Open
4.)Why do plate tectonics move?Open
5.)How often do plate tectonics move?Closed
6.)Are volcanoes more active around plate boundaries that have more movement?Closed
7.) What are volcanoes? And why do we have them?Open
8.) What exactly causes earthquakes?Open
9.)How do plate tectonics affect the different layers of the earth?Open
10.)How have plate tectonics changed in recent years?Open
11.)Do solar flares affect plate tectonics on earth?Closed
12.)Are earthquakes more likely to happen in places that have previously been hit? Or in places that have not been hit?Closed
13.)How do plate tectonics affect aquatic life?Open
14.)Could there really be life on Mars?Closed




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2.) Does the majority of earth's population live near plate tectonics or do they live further away from them? Why?
5.) How often and why do plate tectonics move?
6.) Are volcanoes more active around plate boundaries that have more movement? Why or why not?
11.) How do solar flares affect plate tectonics on earth?
12.) Where are earthquakes most likely to happen? Why?
14.) Could there really be life on Mars? What evidence is there? Why do we think this? What are we doing to further investigate the information we already have?


Top 3:

2.) Does the majority of earth's population live near plate tectonics or do they liver further away from them? Why?
3.) What greatly populated area is affected by earthquakes the most? Why?
13.) How do plate tectonics affect aquatic life?

Question we are going to do:
Combining questions 2 and 3

African Plate

Plate name- African
Plate type- young plate boundary, earthquakes follow this plate, few volcanoes, about 400 meters below sea level

Group members- Alyssa, Carley, Kaila, and Daniele

Plat Boundary Types

1.) Young crust boundaries (By Eurasian plate)
2.) Old crust boundaries (By North American plate)
3.) Along the Australian plate there is no data to define the age of the plate
4.) Mid-age crust boundaries ( By South American and African plates)

Group members- Alyssa, Carley, Kaila, Daniele

MAP :)

Map name-Scientific Specialty: Geochronology
Data-Sea floor age in millions of years
Group members-Alyssa Dolney, Carley Campbell, Kaila Silver, Daniele Lozano
Observations-Around the continents where they would have been connected due to Pangaea is older than other parts. Where heat flow on Plate Boundary Map the ground is newer. Possibly due to heat in the core creating new rock. Newer rock follows the boundaries of the tectonic plates.The older the rock the cooler the heat flow. The age of the rocks along the boundaries of the plates vary from very old to pretty new.


Best guess- We think heat flow is what causes the age of the rocks.