Name_____________________________________________Period______Date____________ Unit 8-Activities and Investigation You must complete the following 4 Activities. It should take no longer than 1 hour. Station A: Type of Folds Take several sheets of construction paper and make two stacks (all with different colors) Lay stack on table Placing your hands on the far edges of the paper, push down on the paper and then push the stacks together What kind of fold did you just make? ______________________________________ How does the construction paper represent rock layers?______________________ Station B: Type of Folds Take two blocks on the table and hold them so there is a fault going through them at about 60° Drape the towel over the blocks You should the blocks along the fault until the towel forms a fold What kind of fold is this?________________________________________________ What does the towel represent? _________________________________________ What do the blocks represent? ___________________________________________ Station C: Investigation Anticlines and Synclines Use your book on page 326-327 to answer the questions. Follow the procedures. What type of fold is shown by fold A? In what direction do the limbs dip or tilt from the axial plane?
Name_____________________________________________Period______Date____________ Unit 8-Activities and Investigation You must complete the following 4 Activities. It should take no longer than 1 hour. Station A: Type of Folds Take several sheets of construction paper and make two stacks (all with different colors) Lay stack on table Placing your hands on the far edges of the paper, push down on the paper and then push the stacks together What kind of fold did you just make? ______________________________________ How does the construction paper represent rock layers?______________________ Station B: Type of Folds Take two blocks on the table and hold them so there is a fault going through them at about 60° Drape the towel over the blocks You should the blocks along the fault until the towel forms a fold What kind of fold is this?________________________________________________ What does the towel represent? _________________________________________ What do the blocks represent? ___________________________________________ Station C: Investigation Anticlines and Synclines Use your book on page 326-327 to answer the questions. Follow the procedures. What type of fold is shown by fold A? In what direction do the limbs dip or tilt from the axial plane?