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Plate Boundary Examples
Objectives
Objective 1: ASWBAT identify examples of each of three types of plate boundaries from
around the world.
On a scale of 1 – 3 how well you can do on this objective now.
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3 – I know it very well)
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Key Vocabulary Words
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Plate Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
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Pre-quiz
Do your best to answer the following questions.
1. What is the theory of plate tectonics?
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2. What do we call the “giant puzzle pieces” that the Earth’s crust is made of?
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Action! - Use the link below and view the animations to review the different types of plate
boundaries.
Link:
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es08
04/es0804page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
Transform Boundary
California’s San Andreas Fault
The west coast of the United States lies on the plate boundary between the Pacific Plate
and the North American Plate. We call this boundary the San Andreas Fault. This fault line
is the cause of all the earthquakes that California experiences today. The plates on this
boundary are not pulling away from each other or colliding into each other. Instead they
are grinding along side each other. This type of fault line is called a transform boundary.
San Andreas Fault
Ariel View
Point Reyes is a geological feature was created because of this plate movement. The park
itself sits on the pacific plate and the land to the East is on the North American Plate.
North American Plate
Pacific Plate
(Point Reyes)
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxPTLmg0ZCw
1. What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?
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Action! – Using the Internet, find another example of a transform boundary that exists in
the world and answer the following questions.
2. What is another example of a major transform boundary in the world?
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Convergent Boundary
The Himalayan Mountains
The place where the Indian Plate and Eurasian plate collide is a major convergent
boundary. The result of the collision is the largest mountains in the world. The largest
peak, Mt. Everest, is in this mountain range and it is over 29,000 feet tall. The collision of
the plates forces the Eurasian plate to buckle and it is forced upwards.
Action! – Using the following link view the animation of the Himalayas forming.
Link:
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1105/es
1105page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
1. What is an example of a major convergent boundary in the world?
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Action! – Using the Internet, find another example of a convergent boundary that exists
in the world and answer the following questions.
2. What is another example of a major convergent boundary in the world?
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Divergent Boundary
The African Plate
The African plate is one of the world’s major plates. Today however, it is being torn apart.
Running down the middle of East Africa through the countries of Kenya, Ethiopia and
Tanzania. This boundary is called a divergent boundary. This boundary has created what
is called the Great Rift Valley. It is a valley that is created in the rift of this divergent
boundary. Someday millions of years from now there will be an ocean where this rift is
forming.
The Great Rift Valley
1. What is an example of a major divergent boundary in the world?
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Action! – Using the Internet, find another example of a divergent boundary that exist in
the world and answer the following questions.
2. What is another example of a major divergent boundary in the world?
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Quiz
Directions: Answer the following questions to see if you met the objectives.
1. Where can we find a transform boundary in the world?
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2. Where can we find a convergent boundary in the world?
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3. Where can we find a divergent boundary in the world?
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