Let’s Mark the Boundaries

Plate Tectonics, Earthquake

Distribution, Active Volcanoes and
Mountain Ranges
World Plates and World Map
 Plate
Boundaries
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Volcanoes
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Remember:
 Places on earth where most of the
earthquakes originated or some
mountains and volcanoes were formed
mark the boundaries of each
lithospheric plate.
 Each plate is slowly moving relative to
each other, causing geologic events to
happen along their boundaries.
Remember:

 Plates are large pieces of the upper few

hundred kilometers of Earth that move as
a single unit as it floats above the mantle.
 As plates interact along their margins,
important geological processes take place,
such as the formation of mountain belts,
earthquakes, and volcanoes.