NAME____
LIMPERT-SCIENCE
PERIOD___
DATE___
“PLATE TECTONICS STATION VISUAL CHALLENGE”
DIRECTIONS: AS YOU MOVE TO EACH VISUAL STATION, OBSERVE THE PICTURE AT EACH STATION AND
USE THE CLUES FROM THAT TO HELP YOU ANSWER THE RELATED QUESTION CORRECTLY. MOVE AT A
GOOD PACE AND DON’T LEAVE ANY BLANK.
1. WHAT HAPPENS AT A PLATE BOUNDARY?
2. WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES?
3. WHAT HAPPENS AT A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY?
4. AT A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY, WHAT FORMS AS A RESULT OF THE 2 PLATES PULLING
APART?
5. BELOW THE OCEANS, WHAT FORMS AS A RESULT OF DIVERGENT PLATE MOTION?
6. THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT KIND OF PLATE BOUNDARY?
7. ICELAND IS THE ONLY PLACE ON EARTH WHERE YOU SEE WHAT?
8. ICELAND IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A _________PLATE BOUNDARY.
9. WHAT PLATE BOUNDARY IS SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE?
10. THE PEOPLE IN THIS PICTURE ARE WALKING THROUGH A VALLEY FORMED FROM A DIVERGENT
PLATE BOUNDARY. WHAT TWO PLATES ARE MOVING APART IN THIS PICTURE?
11. TRUE/FALSE- DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES CAN ALSO OCCUR ON LAND.
12. WHAT FALUT TYPE IS SIMILAR TO THIS RIFT VALLEY- NORMAL, REVERSE OR STRIKE-SLIP
13. WHAT STRESS TYPE IS SIMILAR TO THIS RIFT VALLEY IN THE PICTURE- IS IT COMPRESSION,
TENSION OR SHEARING?
14. WHAT HAPPENS TO CRUST AT CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES?
15. WHAT HAPPENS AT A CONTINENTAL-OCEANIC CONVERGENT BOUNDARY?
16. WHY DO THE 2 CONTINENTAL PLATES CRUMPLE AND FOLD HERE AND ONE OF THEM DOESN’T
SINK?
17. WHAT IS MOST LIKELY FORMED IN THIS PICTURE?
18. THE HIMALAYAS ARE AN EXAMPLE OF A ______ ________CONVERGENT BOUNDARY.
19. WHY DOES THE OCEANIC PLATE SINK OR SUBDUCT WHEN IT COLLIDES WITH A CONTINENTAL
PLATE?
20. WHAT IS A SUBDUCTION ZONE?
21. WHICH CRUST WOULD SUBDUCT HERE- CONTINENTAL OR OCEANIC?
22. WHICH CRUST IS MADE OF BASALT ROCK- CONTINENTAL CRUST OR OCEANIC CRUST?
23. WAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY IN CALIFORNIA?
24. WHAT IS THE MOTION LIKE AT A TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY?
25. WHAT FAULT TYPE HAS A SIMILAR MOTION TO A TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY- NORMAL,
REVERSE OR STRIKE-SLIP?
****26. BONUS
DIVERGENT= TENSION=____________FAULT
CONVERGENT=COMPRESSION=___________FAULT
TRANSFORM=SHEARING=______________FAULT