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.

Roller coaster

Force- any influence that causes an object to change. (This change can be movement, direction, or geometrical construction.)
Force is directly proportional to acceleration. So if force increases so does the acceleration and vice versa.
You can find the direction and magnitude of force acting on an object by plugging it into an equation.
1st law- An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. An object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
2nd law- Acceleration is produced when force acts upon a mass. Also the heavier the mass the more amount of force is required
3rd law- For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. (For every force there is a reactive force that is equal in size but opposite in direction.)
speed- The distance traveled for the amount of time.
velocity- Rate and direction of motion.
Instantaneous speed- The velocity of an object at a certain time.
Instantaneous velocity- The rate and direction of motion at a certain time.
Average speed- the average velocity of an object.
Average velocity- The average rate and direction of motion.
Speed, velocity, acceleration, and momentum all effect one another. If you increase the speed of an object the velocity, acceleration, and momentum will also increase.
Velocity- V= v0 +at
Momentum- P=mv
All of this applies to our project because we are trying to calculate the height our roller coaster needs to be in order for the marble  to go in a loop without anything covering it. (open loop)

Alyssa Dolney
Daniela Lozano
Carley Campbell
Kaila Silver

Roller Coaster- Day 1

February 23,2012

Today we are constructing our roller coaster.

People Map Before

Question- Where do people hang out around campus? What is traffic flow like?

Hypothesis- We believe that the people traffic flow will be like that of the traffic flow of cars, where people heading in the same direction will stay to one side of the "road." We also believe people will hang out in large open spaces and in front of buildings.

Limiting the area of exploration- We limited the area of exploration to main campus.