Science Fair
Prettiest Board?
Sophia Asbe and Taytum Thompson - Boba: An Extravagant Snack
Which layer of the earth do we live on?
crust OR lithosphere
What is the type of boundary where plates are moving towards each other?
convergent boundary
The soft, plastic-like layer of the mantle that the lithosphere floats on
Asthenosphere
First place winner?
Naomi Elias and Rozalynn Mathis - Fueling the Future: Finding the Best Electrolyte Drink
What makes up the lithosphere?
The crust and the upper, rigid part of the mantle.
Type of plate boundary where the plates are moving away from each other
Divergent boundary
underwater mountain range formed by tectonic plates moving apart
Mid-ocean ridge
Best title?
Potato Go Zap
The name of a super continent which included all of the landmasses on earth
Pangaea
Which type of crust is older and thicker, continental crust or oceanic crust?
Continental crust
the scientific theory that the Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large, slowly moving plates
Plate tectonics
Project about Crystals?
Andrew LaFlamme - Crystals vs Substances
The scientist who first proposed the theory of continental drift
Alfred Wegner
What is a landform that might form when two tectonic plates are smashing into each other?
mountain, volcano, trench, volcanic arc of islands
one of the sections of the earth's lithosphere, (It is constantly moving in relation to the other sections)
Tectonic plate
Project that used paper chromatography? (and dye made from flowers)
Maria Posteuca - Flower Chromatography
What are Wegener's 4 pieces of evidence that the continents that are currently separated had once been joined? (you need ALL 4 for these points!)
Fossils, puzzle-like fit of the continents, similar rock/mountains, glacial evidence
What is the Ring of Fire?
A long chain of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean (and also a song by Johnny Cash) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WyLhwYFgmk
when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
Subduction