2.5C| Lab Exercise: Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries

Instructions

Complete the assigned readings to prepare yourself to answer the following questions. Read each question carefully and choose the best answer choice. The questions refer to drawings of tectonic plates meeting along plate boundaries. Your perspective is a "map view", like the image below.

Google Maps image of Cerritos College and surrounding area. 

You have three attempts and no time limit.

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Time Needed

About 15 minutes. 

Learning Objectives 

• Students can describe the geologic processes, the relative movement of plates, and the distinguishing landforms associated with each type of plate boundary 
• Students can describe the evolution of landforms and geologic structures in the context of constructive and/or destructive geologic processes
  
• Distinguish between the terms tectonic plate (plate), plate boundary, and plate tectonics
• Recognize Earth’s major surface features
• Locate plate boundaries on Earth's surface