2 copies per student of Handout 2a: Plate boundary map 1 copy of Handout 2b: Seismology map showing earthquake locations ... of the plate boundaries of the world based on their data.

In locations around the world, ocean crust ... Most of the subducting plate continues into the mantle, perhaps to reappear much later at a distant divergent boundary.

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated in this feature. Keep an eye on the map to see where in the world the activity takes place. Also known as spreading boundary, a divergent ...

The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible ... creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform ...