Google Earth Tour for Plate Tectonics

Location #1: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?

• Enriquillo Fault

• Rio Grande Rift Valley

• Ural Mountains

• San Andreas Fault

• Andes Mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is the Enriquillo Fault?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent Continent-Continent

• Convergent Ocean-Ocean

• No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Location #2: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?

• East African Rift Valley

• Rio Grande Rift Valley

• Red Sea

• Himalayan Mountains

• Ural Mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is the East African Rift Valley?

• Divergent

• Transform

• Convergent Ocean-Ocean

• Convergent Continent-Continent

• Convergent Continent-Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Location #3: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Indonesian Island Arc

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Rio Grande Rift Valley

• San Andreas Fault

What type of plate boundary is the Appalachian Mountains?

• Convergent Continent-Continent

• Convergent Ocean-Ocean

• Divergent

• Transform

• No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Location #4: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?

• Indonesian Island Arc

• Mid-Indian Ridge

• Japanese Island Arc

• Aleutian Island Arc

• Rio Grand Rift Valley

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is the Indonesian Island Arc?

• Convergent Ocean-Ocean

• Convergent Continent-Continent

• Divergent

• Transform

• No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Location #5: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?

• Andes Mountains

• East Pacific Rise/Ridge

• San Andreas Fault

• Philippine Island Arc

• Mid Atlantic Ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

And what type of boundary are the Andes?

• Convergent Continent-Ocean

• Convergent Ocean-Ocean

• Convergent Continent-Continent

• Divergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1