Reflection

1-    What did you enjoy the most about this project and?

Honestly, I enjoyed every single part of this project. It was just awesome to learn about mysteries of life.

2-    What was most challenging for you during this project and why?

The most challenging thing for me in this project was the Ring Of Fire LAB because it was kind of frustrating; I had to be really really carefully with plotting the points.

3-    What new skills did you learn from doing this project?

From doing this project I learned how to use animoto, which was a great and easy website to use.

4-    Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.

I think I could have done better on the video, take advantage of the free time I’ve had and include a lot more clear details.

5-    What would you change about this project?

I would change nothing about this project, every activity was perfectly clear, and we had more than enough time to get all the work done on time. And I think this was the best way to learn more on our own.  

Mysteries of life

            Plate tectonics is the theory that attempts to explain the movement of Earth’s Lithosphere. In 1912, the theory of continental drift by Alfred Wegener was that the continents were all one big continent called Pangaea and among time they moved slowly to separate. Things like volcanoes, Earthquakes, mountains, and trenches are all results of movement along plate boundaries. There are three types of boundaries, divergent boundary, in which plates move apart and creates a new crust (magma from mantle), the convergent boundaries are where plates   move toward each other/ sometimes one plate goes under another, and transform boundaries are where plates slide horizontally and causes friction. Each boundary creates something. Each type of boundary causes a natural disaster. Convergent boundary creates mountain, an example is the Himalayan Mountains. Divergent boundary creates volcanoes, and transform boundary creates earthquakes; if it’s under the ocean it creates tsunami. I definitely agree with the theory of plate tectonics. As we know, every scientific theory has evidences.

       First evidence is that if you look at the world map and move the east coast of South America and the West coast of Africa together, they fit like puzzle pieces.

       Second evidence is the Fossil similarities. Fossils of the same species of plants and animals were found in different parts of the world, specifically South America, Africa and India.

      Third evidence is the sea floor spreading; the ocean floors are spreading away from mid-oceanic ridges, indicating that the ocean floor is moving.

I think that all these natural disasters are result of the mechanisms happening among plates. And all these are what make our nature a mystery!