Plate boundaries

For this assignment, answer the following questions in a document, save your file as a .pdf or Word document and submit the saved file.
Use the map at the bottom to help answer the following questions. You can also check out this online map of plate boundaries:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_plate_tectonics_world.gif
Question 1: Recap–what 3 main types of plate boundaries are there?
Question 2: Recap–describe oceanic versus continental crust. What is each made of? How thick is each? Which is denser?
Question 3: What happens when oceanic and continental crust converge. Why?
Question 4: What happens when 2 oceanic plates diverge? Where is the oldest ocean crust found? Why?
Question 5: Why is continental crust so much older than oceanic crust?
Question 6: Name 3 locations where there are convergent plate boundaries and in each example, list what types of plates are converging (remember you can have oceanic-oceanic convergence, continental-continental convergence, and oceanic-continental convergence).
Question 7: Name 2 locations where you see plate divergence. What types of plates are diverging?
Question 8: Name 2 locations you see transform plate movement.
Question 9: In which type of plate boundaries would you see the most violent volcanic and earthquake activity? Why?
Question 10: What type of earthquake and/or volcano activity would you see at a transform plate boundary? Why?
Question 11: What is the Ring Of Fire, where is it located, and what causes it?

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