Laboratory Work #2

Direction: Browse the internet and name the 7 major and minor plates that you see in the figure below.
Put arrows on each plate according to their movement. You may get the figure on the link below. and
answer the guide questions below.

Link: https://opentextbc.ca/geology/chapter/10-4-plates-plate-motions-and-plate-boundary-processes/

Guide Questions:

1. Why do most earthquakes occur at plate boundaries?

Earthquakes occur along fault lines, cracks in the earth's crust where tectonic plates meet. They occur when plates sink, expand,
slide, or collide. As the plates grind together, they become trapped, and the pressure increases. Eventually, the pressure
between the plates was so great that they burst.

2. What is plate boundary?

A plate boundary is an edge where two plates meet. Most geological activity, including volcanoes, earthquakes, and mountain
buildings, occurs at plate boundaries.

3. What have you realized after this activity?

I realize that Due to the heat of the radioactive processes within the planet, the plates sometimes move towards each other
and sometimes away from each other. This movement is called plate motion or structural displacement.