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Plate Tectonic Mapping Assignment
Using the world map complete the following tasks. If you don’t have the specific colours indicate on the legend what each colour represents.
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Label each plate as continental (C), or Oceanic (O). Continental plates are less dense than ocean plates and therefore remain above ocean
plates, and include all plates with dry land.
Identify each plate boundary using the specific colours .
a. Divergent = blue
b. Convergent ocean-ocean =orange
c. Convergent ocean-continental= red
d. Convergent continental- continental=brown
e. Transform=green
Label where you would expect to find large mountain ranges with rows of brown triangles.
The largest mountain ranges form at
continental-continental plate boundaries, and the next largest form along oceanic convergent boundaries.
Label where you would expect to find volcanoes with rows of red triangles.
Volcanoes form where ocean plates are subducted and at
hot spots.
Identify mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys using a dashed purple line. These occur along divergent plate boundaries, mid-ocean ridges
under the ocean and rift valleys on continents.
Identify the location of trenches with a pink upside down triangle