Assignment: Plate Boundaries
Directions. Use the map on the last page to fill in the following charts. You can type the answers directly into this document. 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.
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Trenches
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Name the overriding plate and give its relative direction
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Name the subducting plate and give its relative direction.
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Peru-Chile
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Aleutian
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Tonga
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Mariana
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Divergent Plate Boundaries. Fill in the name and relative direction that the plates are moving.
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Ridge
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Name the two diverging plates and give their relative directions
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Mid- Atlantic ridge (north of the Equator)
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Mid- Atlantic ridge (south of the Equator)
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East Pacific Ridge
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Southwest Indian Ridge
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Southeast Indian ridge
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Mid-Indian Ridge
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Transform Plate Boundary. Fill in the name and relative direction that the plates are moving.
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Name
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Name the two sliding plates and give their relative directions
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San Andreas Fault
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Hot Spots. Check either at a plate boundary or far from a plate boundary.
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Check one
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Name
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At a plate boundary
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Far from a boundary
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Hawaii
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Galapagos
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Canary Islands
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Iceland
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St. Helena
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Bouvet
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Easter Island
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Tasman
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Yellowstone
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Plate Boundaries by coordinates. Give the type of plate boundary.
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Latitude
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Longitude
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Type of Boundary
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50oS
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30oE
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40oN
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20oW
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0
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30oE
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70oN
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140oE
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45oN
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150oE
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Attachment:- Plate-Boundaries.rar