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The Fault Line
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Contributed by: California Systemic Initiative Assessment (CSIA)

Question 1 - Event Score = 3



Component
Score
Commentary
Question 1
(3)
Descriptions of the lab activity are adequate. Response relates plate movement to the upward movement of sand to create a ridge or mound on the fault line. "The plates made the sand go up. It created a little mountain of sand on the fault line."



Question 2 - Event Score = 3



Component
Score
Commentary
Question 2
(3)
Description of movement of plates toward one another are adequate and correct--"Mountains are created by movement of the plates toward one another." Refers to subduction-"Then moved diagonally and overlapped."



Question 3 - Event Score = 3

Look at the map below. The mountains in the Pinnacles National Monument and the mountains at Tejon Pass were once located next to each other and were part of the same mountain range. Now they are separated by over 240 kilometers (km).



Component
Score
Commentary
Question 3
(3)
Response contains reference to time and plate movement--"over millions of years the two plates have been rubbing together," but no directional indication.

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