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Name __________________________________________________________________________ Period _____ Mapping Earthquake and Volcano Data Is there a pattern to volcanoes and earthquakes? Procedure: 1. Select a color to plot the earthquake data on the world map. 2. Select a different color to plot the volcano data on the world map. 3. When finished, answer the questions on the back. Data Analysis: Ascension Island St Helena Island Tristan da Cunha 8S 16S 37S 14W 6W 12W Name __________________________________________________________________________ Period _____ 1. When you are done mapping the volcanoes, have your teacher initial. 2. Observe the pattern of earthquakes and volcanoes over the surface of the Earth. Are they scattered at random or are they concentrated in certain areas? Describe your observations. 3. Explain your observations – why do the earthquakes and volcanoes occur in these areas? For questions 4 – 6 use your Plate Tectonic Map in your Science Notebook. 4. Observe the pattern of earthquakes and volcanoes in relation to the crustal plates. Are they scattered all over the plates or is there a pattern? Describe your observations. 5. Is there a relationship between the direction of plate movement and pattern of earthquakes? Describe and explain. 6. Is there a relationship between the direction of plate movement and pattern of volcanoes? Describe and explain. 7. What are the three types of plate boundaries? 8. How many earthquakes happened along the San Andreas Fault? 9. How many volcanoes happened along the San Andreas Fault? 10. What type of boundary is the San Andrews Fault? 11. What things occur along transform boundaries? 12. How many earthquakes happened along the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge? 13. How many volcanoes happened along the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge? 14. What type of boundary is the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge? 15. What do divergent boundaries tend to cause? 16. How many earthquakes happened along the coast of South America? 17. How many volcanoes happened along the coast of South America? 18. What type of plate boundary is occurring along the coast of South America? 19. What do convergent plate boundaries tend to cause? 20. What features other than earthquakes and volcanoes happen on plate boundaries?