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Plate Boundaries

Name_________________________

58 points total

Directions. Use the map on the last page to fill in the following charts. You can type the answers directly into this document then turn it into the drop box. It might be helpful to print the map so you can easily refer to it as you work.

Convergent Plate Boundaries. Fill in the name and relative direction that the subducting and overriding plates are moving (16 points)

Trenches

Name the overriding plate and give its relative direction

Name the subducting plate and give its relative direction.

Peru-Chile

Aleutian

Tonga

Mariana

Divergent Plate Boundaries. Fill in the name and relative direction that the plates are moving. (24 points)

Ridge

Name the two diverging plates and give their relative directions

Mid- Atlantic ridge (north of the Equator)

Mid- Atlantic ridge (south of the Equator)

East Pacific Ridge

Southwest Indian Ridge

Southeast Indian ridge

Mid-Indian Ridge

Transform Plate Boundary. Fill in the name and relative direction that the plates are moving. (4 points)

Name

Name the two sliding plates and give their relative directions

San Andreas Fault

Hot Spots. Check either at a plate boundary or far from a plate boundary. (9 points)

Check one

Name

At a plate boundary

Far from a boundary

Hawaii

Galapagos

Canary Islands

Iceland

St. Helena

Bouvet

Easter Island

Tasman

Yellowstone

Plate Boundaries by coordinates. Give the type of plate boundary. (5 points)

Latitude

Longitude

Type of Boundary

50oS

30oE

40oN

20oW

0

30oE

70oN

140oE

45oN

150oE