Tectonic Dynamics Lab

Students explore the physical systems of the Earth, including geology, soil science, atmospheric composition, and global weather patterns. This unit provides the physical context for environmental issues. Tectonic Dynamics Lab turns that idea into something you can manipulate directly and watch respond.

Students explore the physical systems of the Earth, including geology, soil science, atmospheric composition, and global weather patterns. This unit provides the physical context for environmental issues. It focuses on Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes, Soil Formation and Soil Horizons, Atmospheric Composition and Layers, Global Wind Patterns (Hadley Cells), Watersheds, Solar Radiation and Earth's Seasons from the “Unit 4: Earth Systems and Resources” section.

The sliders change the key inputs; the “Divergent ⇌”, “Subduction ⇲”, “Collision →←”, “Transform ⇅” buttons run actions or reset the demo. Every change updates the visualization in real time, so you can see exactly how each variable affects the outcome.

AP Environmental Science is a college-level, interdisciplinary course that explores the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world. Students ana… This demo is the interactive piece for the “Unit 4: Earth Systems and Resources” section. Open the full AP Environmental Science course wiki at https://www.getlykke.com/explore/public/ap-environmental-science-124e55a4-e4f5-4ce3-89ab-e0beebe215fe for notes, flashcards, quizzes and the other demos.

You'll build intuition for Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes, Soil Formation and Soil Horizons, Atmospheric Composition and Layers, Global Wind Patterns (Hadley Cells), Watersheds, Solar Radiation and Earth's Seasons — and, crucially, see how they behave when you change the inputs, which is hard to get from a textbook or lecture on AP Environmental Science alone.