TECTONIC PLATES - charlesburrows.com
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<strong>TECTONIC</strong> <strong>PLATES</strong><br />
Convergent Plate Boundaries<br />
Trench Overriding Plate Subducting Plate<br />
1 ) Peru-Chile Trench ☼ ☼<br />
2 ) Aleutian Trench ☼ ☼<br />
3 ) Tonga Trench ☼ ☼<br />
4 ) Mariana Trench ☼ ☼<br />
Divergent Plate Boundaries<br />
Ridge<br />
5 ) Mid-Atlantic Ridge (north of equator)<br />
Name the two diverging plates.<br />
☼ ☼<br />
6 ) Mid-Atlantic Ridge (south of equator) ☼ ☼<br />
7 ) East Pacific Ridge ☼ ☼<br />
8 ) Southeast Indian Ridge ☼ ☼<br />
9 ) Southwest Indian Ridge ☼ ☼<br />
10 ) Mid-Indian Ridge ☼ ☼<br />
Transform Plate Boundary<br />
Name the two sliding plates.<br />
11 ) San Andreas Fault ☼ ☼<br />
Hot Spots<br />
12 ) Hawaii<br />
13 ) Galapagos<br />
14 ) Canary Islands<br />
15 ) Iceland<br />
16 ) St. Helena<br />
17 ) Bouvet<br />
18 ) Easter Island<br />
19 ) Tasman<br />
20 ) Yellowstone<br />
Check one<br />
Name At a Plate Boundary Far from a Plate Boundary<br />
Plate Boundaries by Coordinates<br />
Latitude Longitude Type of Plate Boundary<br />
21 ) 50°S 30°E<br />
22 ) 40°N 20°W<br />
23 ) 0 30°E<br />
24 ) 70°N 140°E<br />
25 ) 45°N 150°E<br />
☼ = Write the relative direction of motion of the plate (N, E, SW, NW, etc.)<br />
by Charles Burrows
Juan de<br />
Fuca Plate<br />
North American<br />
Plate<br />
Aleutian Trench<br />
Yellowstone<br />
Hot Spot<br />
Philippine<br />
Plate<br />
Hawaii<br />
Hot Spot<br />
San Andreas<br />
Fault<br />
Cocos<br />
Plate<br />
African<br />
Plate<br />
Mid-Atlantic Ridge<br />
Eurasian<br />
Plate<br />
Canary<br />
Islands<br />
Hot Spot<br />
South<br />
American<br />
Plate<br />
Caribbean<br />
Plate<br />
Arabian<br />
Plate<br />
Galapagos<br />
Hot Spot<br />
Peru-Chile Trench<br />
Indian-Australian<br />
Plate<br />
Fiji Plate<br />
Pacific<br />
Plate<br />
Nazca<br />
Plate<br />
East Pacific Ridge<br />
Antarctic<br />
Plate<br />
Antarctic<br />
Plate<br />
Iceland<br />
Hot Spot<br />
Eurasian<br />
Plate<br />
Mid-Atlantic Ridge<br />
Tectonic Plates<br />
Scotia<br />
Plate<br />
Sandwich<br />
Plate<br />
Mid-Indian Ridge<br />
Rift<br />
East African<br />
Tasman<br />
Hot Spot<br />
Easter Island<br />
Hot Spot<br />
St. Helena<br />
Hot Spot<br />
Bouvet<br />
Hot Spot<br />
Southeast Indian Ridge<br />
Southwest Indian<br />
Ridge<br />
Key<br />
overriding<br />
plate<br />
Relative motion at<br />
plate boundary<br />
Transform plate boundary<br />
(transform fault)<br />
NOTE: Not all mantle hot spots, plates, and<br />
boundaries are shown.<br />
Divergent plate boundary<br />
(usually broken by transform<br />
faults along mid-ocean ridges)<br />
subducting<br />
plate<br />
Convergent plate boundary<br />
(subduction zone)<br />
Complex or uncertain<br />
plate boundary<br />
Mantle<br />
hot spot<br />
Trench<br />
M ariana<br />
Trenc h<br />
Tonga
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