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Tectonic Plate Boundary Map
Power point Assignment
Go to Mr. Arcuri’s Science 10 website and follow the links from unit 4- Earth forces and scroll
down and open the power point on Plate tectonics.
Answer the following questions and the pages provided. You will need different colored
pencil crayons for this activity.
1. What 3 plates do you think are the largest?
2. The earth consists of 3 layers. What are they? What layer is the thickest?
3. What is the driving force behind the movements of the plates?
Slide #4 is the tectonic plate boundary map. Color your map to outline all of the plate
boundaries. The boundaries are shown in RED.
4. Use the geological time scale to calculate how long the Permian period lasted.
5. The major earthquake zone, called the Ring of Fire, is approximately around what
plate?
6. What type of boundary is present to form a mid ocean ridge?
7. What is the name of the ridge off of the coast if BC?
8. Name the ridge that is in the center of the Atlantic Ocean.
9. Name the ridge that is cutting through Africa.
10. Use the diagram on slide #25 to determine the main difference between an Island Arc
and a Hot spot. You may have to come back to this question.
11. Name the 2 plates that are under Iceland. Is it a convergent or a divergent boundary?
12. What is the main cause for a divergent boundary?
13. A ________________________________ zone is formed when a plate sinks
under another plate.
14. Inland from a subduction zone are ____________________. Caused from the
rock melting and the ________________ coming to the surface.
15. What are the 2 plates involved in creating a subduction zone?
16. What feature is formed at the edge of the top plate?
17. What type of boundary is present along the coast of Oregon, Washington and BC?
a. Is this plate moving towards or away from the coast line?
18. Name the 2 volcanoes’ that are produced from this plate boundary.
19. Name the trench that is formed south of Alaska. What type of boundary is this? Name
the types of plates involved.
20. Ocean-Ocean plate _____________________ boundaries produce
volcanic ______________________ arcs and
ocean _____________________________ .
21. Use the map on slide #41. Try to find as many trenches and island arcs as you can.
22. Name the 6 island arcs present near Japan.
23. The ____________________ trench is the deepest known trench in the ocean.
24. What kind of boundaries produce mountain ranges?
25. Draw the box on slide #45 ON YOUR PLATE BOUNDARY MAP.
26. Name the 2 continental plates that are colliding.
a. Name the mountain range between these 2 plates.
27. A _________________________ boundary is produced when 2 plates slide along
each other.
28. The pacific plate is sliding north ____________ cm/year.
29. This fault line is called the ___________________________________ fault.
30. Highlight the 3 transform boundaries on your tectonic plate boundary map.
31. Why is Kauai the oldest Hawaiian Island?
a. Do hot spots move? Why or why not?
35. Answer questions # 116 on slide #61. The answer is
A, B,
C,
D