Mapping Volcanoes 15 February 2013

What are volcanoes? What causes them to occur?

Hypothesis  Answer the following question  Do you think there is a pattern in the location of volcanoes? Why or why not?

Review Latitude and Longitude  Latitude runs horizontally  Longitude runs vertically  Where they intersect gives you a point on the map

Activity  Use the latitude and longitude of volcanoes given to find the location on the map.  Mark the location on the map  Compare the map you made with the map of the tectonic plates in your book

Questions  How are the volcanoes distributed on the map? Are they scattered evenly or concentrated in zones?  From your data, what can you infer about the relationship between tectonic plates and volcanoes?  Where is the closest volcano to us?  What do you think the distribution of earthquakes would look like?