PLATE TECTONICS EXERCISE Due: May 4, 2012
Name ______________________________
Fill in the table below completely (each item is worth ½ point; 20 points total).
Divergent
Boundary
Type of Stress (tension,
compression, shear)
Type of Mountain
Building/Faults
(Andean, collisional,
normal, thrust, strikeslip etc.)
Depth of Earthquakes
(shallow, deep, all
depths)
Type of Volcanoes
(none, fissure eruption
[dikes], shield,
stratovolcano)
Transform
Boundary
Convergent Boundaries
Ocean-Ocean
Ocean-Continent
Continent-Continent
Divergent
Boundary
Cause of Melting in
Mantle
(no melting, hydration,
decompression)
Characteristic
Metamorphism
(none, blueschist,
hydrothermal, regional)
Change in Oceanic
Lithosphere
(gain, loss, no change)
Example
(geographic region)
Transform
Boundary
Convergent Boundaries
Ocean-Ocean
Ocean-Continent
Continent-Continent