Tectonic Plate Names

Plate 1

• Indo-Australian
• Pacific Plate
• South American
• Eurasian

Plate 2

• Indo-Australian Plate
• Pacific Plate
• South American Plate
• Eurasian Plate

Plate 3

• North American Plate
• South American Plate
• African Plate
• Eurasian Plate

Plate 4

• North American Plate
• African Plate
• Antarctic Plate
• Nazca Plate

Plate 5

• Indo-Austrailian
• South American
• African
• North American

Plate 6

• South American
• Antarctic
• African
• Nazca

Plate 7

• Pacific Plate
• Eurasian Plate
• African Plate
• Nazca Plate

Plate 8

• North American
• South American
• Antarctic Plate
• African

Mountains form from....

• Tectonic plates sliding past one another
• Collision of tectonic plates
• Tectonic plates moving away from each other
• Tectonic plates disappearing

Plate movement is caused by _____

• The rotation of the Earth
• Ocean tides
• Convection currents in the mantle
• The moon's gravity