Chao is thinking about doing a project on plate tectonics for the school science fair. Which design would best relate to how the movement in the Earth's mantle is related to plate motion?

a. a pot of boiling water to which Chao will add food coloring to show the movement of the water

b. a flat shallow pan filled with a thick liquid heated by a hot plate with thick wooden blocks on top of the liquid

c. a flat shallow pan filled with small metal beads topped by an assembled puzzle that is shaken from side to side

d. a flat shallow pan filled with a thick liquid that can be heated by a hot plate with pieces of a thin plastic sheet floating on top of the liquid

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Mikayla Bradley

25 November, 12:37

Chao is thinking about doing a project on plate tectonics for the school science fair. Which design would best relate to how the movement in the Earth's mantle is related to plate motion?

a. a pot of boiling water to which Chao will add food coloring to show the movement of the water

b. a flat shallow pan filled with a thick liquid heated by a hot plate with thick wooden blocks on top of the liquid

c. a flat shallow pan filled with small metal beads topped by an assembled puzzle that is shaken from side to side

d. a flat shallow pan filled with a thick liquid that can be heated by a hot plate with pieces of a thin plastic sheet floating on top of the liquid

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Draven · Answer 1

I believe the answer is: D. a flat shallow pan filled with a thick liquid that can be heated by a hot plate with pieces of a thin plastic sheet floating on top of the liquid

Even though this is just a hypothesis since there no way we could actually observe the movement of earth mantle, The movement is predicted to follow these cycle:, hot water rises when heat is being applied - The hot water moves to the surface - The water spreads out and cooldown = Cooler water sinks to the bottom.

The cycle is similar to shallow pan filled with a thick liquid that can be heated by a hot plate with pieces of a thin plastic sheet floating on top of the liquid

Claudia Odonnell · Answer 2

The correct answer is letter D. Chao can use a flat shallow pan filled with a thick liquid that can be heated by a hot plate with pieces of thin plastic sheets floating on top of the liquid. This is an experiment that would best depict plate tectonics because of the variables that he will used.