Identifying Plates
You are going to color the MAJOR
plates of the world
• Remember, the world is round and the maps are
not! Pay careful attention to the plates that wrap
“around” the earth!
• Major Plates to Color:
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Pacific Plate
North American Plate
South American Plate
African Plate
Indo-Australian Plate
Eurasian Plate
Antarctic Plate
The first page to color:
• The simplest map is the map that ends up on
top. Choose one color for each plate.
• Major Plates to Color:
– Pacific Plate
– North American Plate
– South American Plate
– African Plate
– Australian Plate
– Eurasian Plate
– Antarctic Plate
Next map – coloring instructions on next slide!
Color the same plates the same colors
you did on the last sheet…
• Example: If you colored the Pacific Plate pink
on the “Plate Boundaries” sheet, make it pink
on EVERY SHEET you get today.
• Pay careful attention to what you’re coloring.
You are ONLY COLORING THE MAJOR PLATES!
Once the map is colored,
now label the plates!
Indo-
There is
an Indian
Plate and
an IndoAustralian
Plate.
Label the
plate with
Australia
on it,
IndoAustralian
On the sheet that looks like this…
You will…
• OUTLINE the MAJOR plates in the correct
color (remember to use the same color on
each sheet)
When you’re finished
coloring and labeling…
Answer the
questions on the
“Lithospheric
Plates Question”
sheet.
If it is not finished,
it is homework.
Here is the final order of pages:
• Stacking these pages from the bottom to top:
3.
2.
1.
*look at me and my
journal as the example!