Plate Tectonics Laboratory Name: ______________________

ESS 100 Earth Science

1. Show only the Plate Boundaries. Boundaries will be shown in four different colors. Based on
your understanding of the three types of boundaries, which boundary is associated with each
color line?
a. Red:
b. Blue:
c. Yellow:
d. White: Diffuse (no relative movement)

2. Show Earthquakes. This file will load all earthquakes in the past 30 days with a magnitude
greater than 2.5. Explore the earth. Do these earthquakes appear to be correlated with any
particular type(s) of boundaries? Explain your observations.

3. Interpret your earthquake observations based on what you know about Plate Tectonics.

4. Open file titled “Volcanes”. Look carefully at the entire earth. Do active volcanoes appear to be
associated more with one type of plate boundary than another? If so, which one?

5. Interpret your observations based on what you know about plate tectonics