Name: _____________________________________________________ Hr.

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Earths Tectonic Plates

1. Using a colored pencil or crayon, color and label all Seven Continents.
2. Label the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. If youre not sure where they are, look at a map!
3. Do all plate tectonic boundaries run along the edges/boundaries of continents?

Yes / No

4. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a boundary that runs along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Use a RED crayon or colored
pencil to shade over the boundaries that make up the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on your diagram.
5. Name one plate that has at least one edge that DOES run along a continental boundary _______________________
Name one plate that that does not have ANY edges that run along continental boundaries _____________________
6. Which of the following tectonic plates are made up of only oceanic crust? (circle all that apply)
Cocos Plate

African Plate

North American Plate

Scotia Plate

7. Circle the correct words to show the main differences between Oceanic and Continental Crust:
Continental Crust is [thicker / thinner] than Oceanic Crust.
Oceanic Crust is [more / less] dense than Continental Crust.
8. Name one major tectonic plate that is made up of both oceanic and continental crust. ________________________
9. On which tectonic plate do WE LIVE ON? _______________________________________________
10. If you traveled to Germany, which tectonic plate would you be on? _________________________________
11. Why doesnt the Earths crust sink into the mantle? _______________________________________________
12. If earthquakes occur as tectonic plates rub against each other, do earthquakes in California have anything to do with its
proximity (closeness) to the edge of the North American plate?
13. What type of crust is the Pacific Plate primarily made of? (circle one)

Yes / No
Oceanic

Continental

13. Find Iceland on the map and color a big blue star over it.
14. Which two tectonic plates is Iceland on? ____________________________ and ___________________________