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2. What directions do the plates move relative to one another in a divergent plate boundary?
10. Which plates are sliding past each other along the San Andreas Fault?
For this part you will print and fill in the plate boundary map using date from the other maps listed:
Plate boundary map
Maps for data:
Seismology
Volcanology
Sea Floor Age
Topography
Design a key that will indicate the location of each of the following:
-volcanoes
-earthquakes
-mountain ranges- be sure mark the underwater ridge system
-trenches
Using the data, determine the direction each plate is moving and indicate on the plate boundary map they
type of boundary that occurs at each boundary line.
15. What is the correlation between the depth on earthquakes and the type of plate boundary?
16. How is the theory of plate tectonics supported by the presence of these event?
17. What are hotspots and how did they form the Hawaiian islands?