Requesting Assistance Re: Tectonic Plates Plate Boundaries, & Locating Epicenter
Name _________________________________________________________ TECTONIC PLATES
Trench Overriding Plate Subducting Plate
1 ) Peru-Chile Trench ☼ ☼
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3 ) Tonga Trench ☼ ☼
4 ) Mariana Trench ☼ ☼
Ridge
5 ) Mid-Atlantic Ridge (north of equator) ☼ ☼
6 ) Mid-Atlantic Ridge (south of equator) ☼ ☼
7 ) East Pacific Ridge ☼ ☼
8 ) Southeast Indian Ridge ☼ ☼
9 ) Southwest Indian Ridge ☼ ☼
10 ) Mid-Indian Ridge ☼ ☼
11 ) San Andreas Fault ☼ ☼
Name At a Plate Boundary Far from a Plate Boundary
12 ) Hawaii
13 ) Galapagos
14 ) Canary Islands
15 ) Iceland
16 ) St. Helena
17 ) Bouvet
18 ) Easter Island
19 ) Tasman
20 ) Yellowstone
Latitude Longitude Type of Plate Boundary
21 ) 50°S 30°E
22 ) 40°N 20°W
23 ) 0 30°E
24 ) 70°N 140°E
25 ) 45°N 150°E
Plate Boundaries by Coordinates
Name the two diverging plates.
Name the two sliding plates.
Check one
Convergent Plate Boundaries
Divergent Plate Boundaries
Transform Plate Boundary
Hot Spots
☼ = Write the relative direction of motion of the plate (N, E, SW, NW, etc.) by Charles Burrows
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