Global Tectonic Plates HW
- 1. Name:_______________________________________Period:_____ Date:___________________ Global Tectonic Plates Reading, Interpreting and Understanding the Map of the Earth's Lithospheric (Tectonic) Plates Reading the Earth Science Reference Tables'... Directions: Base your answers to the following fill-in questions on the Tectonic Plates map which appears on the back of this sheet, or from page 5 in the Earth Science Reference Tables. 1. Dark (thick) ruled lines on the Tectonic Plates map indicate the location of which type of plate boundary? ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Light (thin) ruled lines on the Tectonic Plates map indicate the location of which types of plate boundaries? ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Which feature is characteristic and diagnostic of most convergent plate boundaries? ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Which feature is characteristic and diagnostic of most divergent plate boundaries? ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Which plate is framed entirely by convergent plate boundaries? ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. The boundary between the Australian and Pacific Plates is: ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. The distance between South America and Africa is ______________________________________________________________________________ 8. The distance between India and Eurasia is ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. What is the name of the boundary between the African and Antarctic Plate? ______________________________________________________________________________ 10. The distance between North America and Africa is ______________________________________________________________________________