Goal: To make notes about the plate boundary types. There are 9 total but only 6 are required.

I have made incomplete examples of 3 of the 9 below. Step 1 - Read the website below to help you understand plate boundaries. http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html Step 2 Type notes into Word for each type of plate boundary (see example below). 1. 2. 3. 4. Boundary type (Divergent, Convergent, and Transform) Written description for each type Image from Internet of each type Real example of this type of boundary

Examples include but are not limited to: Convergent

1. 2. 3. O/O - Marianas Trench O/C - Andes Mountains C/C Himalayas 4. 5. 6.

Divergent
O/O - MOR O/C No example or image (for extra credit, contact USGS.gov) C/C Red Sea which is called a rift valley 7. 8. 9.

Transform
O/O - No example or image (for extra credit, contact USGS.gov) O/C San Andreas Fault C/C No example or image (for extra credit, contact USGS.gov)

Convergent Plate Boundaries 1 Convergent Plate Boundary OCEAN/OCEAN Two plates collide with each other

Example: Marianas Trench 2 Convergent Plate Boundary OCEAN/CONTINENTAL Two plates collide with each other

Example: Andes Mountains 3 Convergent Plate Boundary CONTINENTAL/CONTINENTAL Two plates collide with each other

Example: Himalayas Divergent Plate Boundaries

4 Divergent Plate Boundary: Ocean/Ocean Plates spread apart

MOR

5 Divergent Plate Boundary: Ocean/Cont. Plates spread apart No image No example 6 Divergent Plate Boundary: Cont./ Cont. Plates spread apart

Red Sea Transform Plate Boundaries 7 Transform Plate Boundary: Ocean/Ocean Plates slide past each other No image No example 8 Transform Plate Boundary: Ocean/Cont. Plates slide past each other

San Andreas Fault 9 Transform Plate Boundary: Cont./Cont. Plates slide past each other No image No example