This document contains a worksheet for students to answer questions about tectonic plates based on a map on the back of the sheet. The questions ask students to identify different types of plate boundaries based on line thickness on the map, features characteristic of convergent and divergent boundaries, plates framed by convergent boundaries, specific plate boundaries, and distances between continental plates.

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Global Tectonic Plates
Reading, Interpreting and Understanding the Map of the Earth's Lithospheric (Tectonic) Plates
Reading the Earth Science Reference Tables'...
Directions: Base your answers to the following fill-in questions on the Tectonic Plates map which appears on
the back of this sheet, or from page 5 in the Earth Science Reference Tables.
1. Dark (thick) ruled lines on the Tectonic Plates map indicate the location of which type of plate boundary?
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2. Light (thin) ruled lines on the Tectonic Plates map indicate the location of which types of plate
boundaries?
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3. Which feature is characteristic and diagnostic of most convergent plate boundaries?
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4. Which feature is characteristic and diagnostic of most divergent plate boundaries?
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5. Which plate is framed entirely by convergent plate boundaries?
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6. The boundary between the Australian and Pacific Plates is:
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7. The distance between South America and Africa is
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8. The distance between India and Eurasia is
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9. What is the name of the boundary between the African and Antarctic Plate?
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10. The distance between North America and Africa is
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