Plate+Tectonics

Plate Boundaries

Plate Tectonics Web Quest Go to: [] Answer the following questions: 1. What is the Earth’s outermost layer? 2. How many large plates are there and what are their names? 3. How fast do plates move? Click on __[|Convergent Boundaries]__ 4. Draw a diagram of a convergent boundary and label the direction of movement. 5. Explain what happens at convergent boundaries. 6. Explain why it might be dangerous to live near a convergent boundary. Click on __[|**Next**]__ 7. Draw a diagram of a divergent boundary and label the direction of movement. 8. Explain what happens at divergent boundaries. 9. What are some of the physical features associated with a divergent boundary? Click on __[|**Next**]__ 10. Draw a diagram of a transform boundary and label the direction of movement. 11. Explain what happens at transform boundaries. 12. What are some of the effects of the action along a transform boundary?