Exploring Plate Tectonics Through Edible Experiments

What is the purpose of using icing in the lab demonstration?

• To simulate the magma beneath Earth's surface

• To make the experiment taste better

• To glue the graham crackers together

• To represent the Earth's atmosphere

What do the graham crackers represent in the lab setup?

• Tectonic plates

• Continents

• Oceans

• Mountains

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What geological feature is simulated when the graham crackers are pushed apart?

• Ocean trench

• Volcano

• Mountain

• Valley

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What does the fruit roll-up represent in the demonstration?

• River systems

• The moon

• Different type of tectonic plate

• The sun

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What happens when the fruit roll-up pieces are pushed together over the icing?

• They slide over each other

• They dissolve

• They create a mountain

• They separate forming a gap

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What is demonstrated when wet graham crackers are pushed together?

• Formation of ocean trenches

• Separation of continents

• Formation of valleys

• Formation of mountains

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Based on the lab, what role does water play in the formation of geological features?

• It simulates ocean currents

• It has no significant role

• It helps in the formation of mountains

• It causes erosion

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In the final part of the lab, what happens when a graham cracker is pushed into a fruit roll-up?

• Nothing noticeable occurs

• The graham cracker goes over the fruit roll-up

• The fruit roll-up covers the graham cracker

• The graham cracker breaks

Which type of crust is represented by the fruit roll-up according to its properties?

• Mantle

• Outer core

• Oceanic crust

• Continental crust

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What does the interaction between different materials (graham cracker and fruit roll-up) demonstrate?

• Weather patterns

• Water cycle

• Plate tectonics

• Chemical reactions

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