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Plate Boundary
Rice Activity
Kathleen Casey Baro
2020-2021 Grade 10 - St. Mark
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DIVERGENT
BOUNDARY

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EXHIBIT NO. 1 DIVERGENT BOUNDARY

PHOTO OF SET-UP

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PHOTO OF RICE (AFTER)

EXHIBIT NO. 1 DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
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What happened to the rice grains
when you pulled the boxes away
from each other?
When I pulled the box away from each other the rice grains
creates a canal in the middle of the box or in the middle of the two
rice grains hill. Just like when the plates move it occurs divergent
boundary. The rice grains represent the two plates that move away
from each other.

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CONVERGENT
BOUNDARY

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PHOTO OF SET-UP
EXHIBIT NO. 2 CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
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Photo of Rice
Grains (After)
EXHIBIT NO. 2 CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
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What is formed in the rice

grains when you pushed the
half-boxes toward each other?
When I pushed the box towards each other it creates a
slope or a hill. The rice grains go underneath the rice
grains on the left side forming a hill or a slope. The rice

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grains represent the two tectonic plates that move towards
each other creating convergent boundaries.
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TRANSFORM
BOUNDARY

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PHOTO OF SET-UP
EXHIBIT NO. 3 TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

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 PHOTO OF RICE
GRAINS (AFTER)
EXHIBIT NO. 3 TRANSFORM BOUNDARY
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What happened with the rice grains
when you moved the half-boxes
sliding past each other?
When I moved the box sliding past each other, it looks like two tectonic
plates that slide past each other creating a transform boundary. Rice
grains represents the tectonic plates that move when it has an
earthquake.

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What were the insights that you
have gained in doing the activity?
In doing the activity I have learned what is the difference
between the three different types of plate boundaries, and
how it occurs when an earthquake happens.

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