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Earth's Lithospheric Plates
Describe the different plate boundaries
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Study the map of Earth's plate in the given figure below. Identify the types of plate present in each of
the continents. Notice the arrows that show the direction of plate movements.
1. What type of plate boundary exist between North American Plate and Eurasian Plate?
2. What type of plate boundary exist between Eurasian Plate and African Plate?
3. What type of plate boundary exist between African plate and Antarctic plate?
4. Find the Philippine plate on the map. Which direction it is moving?
North
American
plate
Eurasian plate
Aan de Fuca
plute
Contbean
plote
Pocific
plate
Cocos
plate,
plate
Pacific
plate
African plate
Nazca
South
American
plate
plate
Australian-Indian plate
Scoto plate
Antarctic plate
Fig.36. Major tectonic plates of the earth and their general direction of movement
5. Find the Nazca plate on the map. Which direction is it moving?
6. Find the South American plate and describe its movement. What do you think will happen as
these plates continue to move?
7. Which plates include only ocean floor?
8. Which plates include both continents and ocean floor?
Prentice Hall Science Explorer
Focus on Earth Science pp 33 The Theory of Plate Tectonics
Source: http://sparkcharts.sparknotes.com/gensci/geology.earthsci/section4.php