Major and Minor Tectonic Plates

Worksheet by Taylor Gilliland
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Science
Grades
6
Language
ENG
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Label the Major and Minor Tectonic Plates on the image below by clicking on the blue dots and typing in the name of the plate. Juan de Fuca Plate Pacific Plate North American Plate Cocos Plate Nazca Plate Caribbean Plate South American Plate Scotia Plate African Plate Arabian Plate Antarctic Plate Indo-Australian Plate Eurasian Plate North American Plate Philippine Sea Plate Pacific Plate Okhotsk Plate Determine the type of plate boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North America Plate. Convergent Boundary Divergent Boundary Transform Boundary What type of geological activity will the plate boundary between the Pacific Plate and North America Plate create? Volcano or Ridge Earthquake Mountains Determine the type of plate boundary between the South American Plate and the African Plate. Convergent Boundary Divergent Boundary Transform Boundary What type of geological activity will the plate boundary between the South American Plate and African Plate create? Mountains Volcano or a Ridge Earthquakes Determine the type of plate boundary between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate. Convergent Boundary Divergent Boundary Transform Boundary What type of geological activity will the plate boundary between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate? Volcano or Ridge Earthquakes Mountains Determine the type of plate boundary between the Okhotsk Plate and the Pacific Plate. Convergent Boundary Divergent Boundary Transform Boundary What type of geological activity will the plate boundary between the Okhotsk Plate and the Pacific Plate? Volcano or Ridge Earthquakes Mountains Determine the type of plate boundary between the Arabian Plate and the Indo-Australian Pacific Plate. Convergent Boundary Divergent Boundary Transform Boundary What type of geological activity will the plate boundary between the Arabian Plate and the Indo-Australian Pacific Plate? Volcano or Ridge Earthquakes Mountains Determine the type of plate boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Nazca Plate. Convergent Boundary Divergent Boundary Transform Boundary What type of geological activity will the plate boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Nazca Plate? Volcano or Ridge Earthquakes Mountains Determine the type of plate boundary between the Caribbean Plate and the North American Plate. Convergent Boundary Divergent Boundary Transform Boundary What type of geological activity will the plate boundary between the Caribbean Plate and the North American Plate? Volcano or Ridge Earthquakes Mountains

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