WorksheetsGoogle Earth Tour for Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Location #1: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Enriquillo Fault
Rio Grande Rift Valley
Ural Mountains
San Andreas Fault
Andes Mountains
What type of plate boundary is the Enriquillo Fault?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent Continent-Continent
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot
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
What type of plate boundary is the East African Rift Valley?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Convergent Continent-Continent
Convergent Continent-Ocean
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
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
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
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
And what type of boundary are the Andes?
Convergent Continent-Ocean
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Convergent Continent-Continent
Divergent
Transform
Location #6: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
East Pacific Ridge/Rise
Andes Mountains
Hawaiian Islands
Japanese Island Arc
Indonesian Island Arc
What type of plate boundary is the East Pacific Rise?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Convergent Continent-Ocean
No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot
Location #7: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Aleutian Island Arc
Japanese Island Arc
San Andreas Fault
East Pacific Rise
Andes Mountains
What type of plate boundary are the Aleutian Islands?
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Convergent Continent-Ocean
Transform
Divergent
No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot
Location #8: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Japanese Island Arc
Indonesian Island Arc
Philippine Island Arc
Hawaiian Islands
Aleutian Island Arc
What type of plate boundary is the Japanese Islands?
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Convergent Continent-Continent
Convergent Continent-Ocean
Divergent
Transform
Location #9: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Himalayan Mountains
Indonesian Island Arc
Japanese Island Arc
Ural Mountains
Mid-Indian Ridge
What type of plate boundary is the Himalayan Mountains
Convergent Continent-Continent
Divergent
Convergent Continent-Ocean
Transform
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Location #10: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Cascade Mountains
Andes Mountains
Rio Grande Rift Valley
Himalayan Mountains
Japanese Island Arc
What type of plate boundary are the Cascades?
Convergent Continent-Ocean
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Divergent
Transform
No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot
Location #11: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Hawaiian Islands
Japanese Island Arc
Indonesian Island Arc
Philippine Island Arc
Aleutian Island Arc
What type of plate boundary is the Hawaiian Islands?
No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot
Transform
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Convergent Continent-Ocean
Divergent
Location #12: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Mid-Indian Ridge
Appalachian Mountains
Himalayan Mountains
East African Rift Valley
What type of plate boundary is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
Divergent
Convergent Continent-Continent
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Convergent Continent-Ocean
Transform
Location #13: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
San Andreas Fault
Cascade Mountains
Aleutian Island Arc
East Pacific Ridge/Rise
Hawaiian Islands
What type of plate boundary is the San Andreas Fault?
Transform
Convergent Continent-Ocean
No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot
Divergent
Convergent Continent-Continent
Location #14: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Yellowstone supervolcano
Cascade Mountains
Rio Grande Rift Valley
Appalachians
Rocky Mountains
What type of plate boundary is Yellowstone?
No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot
Transform
Convergent Continent-Continent
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Convergent Continent-Ocean
Location #15: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Philippine Island Arc
Japanese Island Arc
Aleutian Island Arc
Hawaiian Islands
Indonesian Island Arc
What type of plate boundary is the Philippine Island Arc?
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Convergent Continent-Continent
Divergent
Convergent Continent-Ocean
No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot
Location #16: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Rio Grande Rift Valley
Appalachian Mountains
San Andreas Fault
East Pacific Ridge/Rise
Cascade Mountains
What type of plate boundary is the Rio Grande Rift Valley?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Convergent Continent-Continent
No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot
Location #17: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Mid-Indian Ridge
Red Sea
East African Rift Valley
Himalayan Mountains
The Alps
What type of plate boundary is the Mid-Indian Ridge?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent Continent-Continent
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Convergent Continent-Ocean
Location #18: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Ural Mountains
Red Sea
East African Rift Valley
East Pacific Ridge/Rise
Andes Mountains
What type of plate boundary is the Ural Mountains?
Convergent Continent-Continent
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Convergent Continent-Ocean
Transform
No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot
Location #19: What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Red Sea
East African Rift Valley
Mid-Indian RIdge
Philippine Island Arc
Hawaiian Islands
What type of plate boundary is the Red Sea?
Divergent
Convergent Continent-Ocean
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
Transform
No boundary—it’s a Hot Spot
What is the name of this geologic/geographic location?
Juan de Fuca
Juan de Marco
Inigo Montoya
Nazca
Juan de Chipotle
