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Plate Boundaries Worksheet I
Activity 1: Classify Me!
Directions: Classify the tectonic plates using the table below.
Convergent Boundaries Divergent Boundaries Transform-Fault
Boundaries
Activity 2: Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle
Down: Across:
1. The break in a rock along which movement 4. The outermost rigid layer of the earth consists
have occurred of the crust and upper mantle
2. Earth crust that is thinner but denser 5. Borderline
3. Mt. Pinatubo 7. Movement of the lithospheric plate
6. Molten rocks 9. The vibration of the Earth due to the release of
8. The innermost layer of the earth tremendous energy
10. Earth’s outermost layer
Activity 3: Read Me! Understand Me!
Directions: Read the three plate boundaries description and characteristics.
Understand what you are reading.
Plate boundaries are the lines at the edges of the different pieces of the lithosphere.
Lithospheric plates are moving due to the convection current in the Earth’s interior. The
lithosphere is made up of the crust and upper part of the mantle. There are two types of
crusts: the continental crust which is thicker but less dense, and the oceanic crust, which is
thinner and denser. According to the Plate Tectonic Theory, the Earth’s lithosphere consists of
the crust and upper mantle that move slowly and constantly over time. This movement
causes the formation of plate boundaries namely: divergent, convergent, and transform fault
boundaries.
a) Divergent boundaries refer to plates that separate and move apart in opposite
directions forming a new lithosphere - the young seafloor. This either occurs at mid-
ocean ridges (seafloor spreading) or at rifted continental margins (rift valley).
b) Convergent boundaries are formed when two plates move toward each other. The
oceanic plate bends downward at the subduction zone. This occurs in two oceanic
plates: convergent boundary and continental plate oceanic plate convergent boundary.
Oceanic plate sinks because it is denser than the continental plate. In the case of
convergence of two oceanic plates, the older plate sinks. Whereas in the convergence
of two continental plates, they collide and buckle up forming mountain ranges. No
subduction occurs in this type of convergence.
c) Transform fault boundaries are plates sliding past or slipping past each other.
Directions: Choose your answer from the given choices.
Q1. What plate boundary is formed by the sliding of two plates?
A. Divergent B. Convergent C. Transform-fault
Q2. What plate boundary is formed by the moving of two plates apart?
A. Divergent B. Convergent C. Transform-fault
Q3. What plate boundary is formed by the collision of two plates?
A. Divergent B. Convergent C. Transform-fault
Q4. What are the three types of convergent boundaries?
A. Oceanic-Continental B. Continental-Continental C. Oceanic-Oceanic D.
Lithosphere-Crust
For Q5. Using two arrows (→), draw the direction of the relative motion of the three
plate boundaries below:
A. convergent boundary
B. divergent boundary
C. transform fault boundary
Assessment 1:
Directions: Write the correct word/s from the choices inside the parenthesis to
complete the sentence in each given item.
1. The relative motion of the plates at the transform fault boundary is ________ (moving
away, sliding past) each other.
2. The relative motion of the plates at the divergent boundary is moving _________ (away,
toward) each other.
3. The relative motion of the plates at the convergent boundary is moving _________ (away,
toward) each other.
4. At the convergent boundary between oceanic plate and continental plate, ___________
(tension, subduction) zone is formed.
5. _________ (Mid- Ocean ridge, Rift valley) is formed by divergence of two oceanic plates.
Assessment 2
Directions: Write the correct word/s from the choices inside the parenthesis to
complete the sentence in each given item.
1. Pacific plate and Nazca plate formed _______________ (convergent, divergent) boundary.
2. San Andreas Fault is a transform fault boundary found in ___________ (South American
plate, North American plate).
3. Philippine plate moves toward _______________ (African plate, Eurasian plate) at the
convergent boundary.
4. _______________ (Convergent, Divergent) is the type of boundary between Australian plate
and African plate.
5. The type of boundary between Pacific plate and Antarctic plate is _______________
(convergent, divergent) boundary.
