1. List the seven major plates. (HINT: The BIG ONES!!)
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
c. _________________________
d. _________________________
e. _________________________
f. _________________________
g. _________________________
2. On which plate is most of the United States?
3. Which state of the continental United States in NOT on that plate?
(HINT: NOT Hawaii!! Still confused? Look at question #4! It may help!)
4. This little piece of state in question #3 is on the Pacific plate! Which
type of boundary lies between the Pacific and North American plates?
What geologic event does that type of boundary cause?
5. Which plate matches almost perfectly with the Ring of Fire, where
most of the world’s earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
6. Which major plates are on the mid-Atlantic Ridge?
a. _________________________
b. ______________________
c. _________________________
d. ______________________
8. Which continent’s edges are not on plate boundaries AT ALL?
9. The African Rift Valley is formed because the African plate is diverging
from the Arabian plate (minor plate)? What does diverging mean?
10. Which mountain range was formed when the Eurasian plate collided
with the Indian plate (minor plate)? Which type of boundary caused
this?