Name ___________________________
Plate Tectonics
You will then be utilizing the internet to find images that show examples of these words.
Divergent Boundary:
Write a definition here:
Draw or find an image from the intemet:
What types of landforms are found at a divergent boundary?
Convergent Boundary:
Write a definition here:
Draw or find an image from the intemet:
What types of landforms are found at a convergent boundary?
Transform Faults:
Write a definition here:
Draw or find an image from the intemet:
What types of landforms are found at a transform boundary?
Questions:
1. If a continental plate converges with an oceanic plate, which one will likely be forced under?
Why?
2. Using the Richer scale, categorize the following Richter ratings:
0-4.0
4.0-4.9
5.0 – 5.9
6.0 – 6.9
7.0 – 7.9
8.0 and higher
3. Give a description and example of mechanical weathering:
4. Give a description and example of chemical weathering:
5. Give a description and example of biological weathering:
Research the “Ring of Fire: Include an image showing the ring of fire. Include an
explanation about why this Ring of Fire is located where it is.
Image showing the ring of fire:
Why is the “ring of Fire” located where it is?
Geologic Time Line
Find images that show the continent positions at the following time periods and tell how long ago it was:
Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Present
Earthquake, Volcano, and Mountain Ranges
1. Using your book or the internet, outline and name the tectonic plates.
2. Go to the following website: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/index.php
3. On the map of the ocean floor plot the most recent 20 earthquakes on the map.
4. Go to the following website: http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/
5. On the map of the ocean floor plot the volcanoes listed.
6. What patterns do you notice in the locations of the earthquakes and volcanoes? Are there any
mountain ranges associated with these locations? If so, mark them on the map.
Use the map of the plate boundaries to answer the next questions.
7. Compare the locations of the earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains with the plate boundaries.
8. What is the correlation between the types of boundaries and the recorded event?
9. How does the theory of plate tectonics explain these locations?
10. Why are the Himalayan mountain ranges still growing?
11. What are hot spots? What do hot spots tell us about plate movement? Name a landform and the plate
the landform sits on that is formed by a hot spot.?