Take A Tectonic World Tour - Geology Worksheet printable pdf download

Names _____________________________________________________ Per. _____ Date ____________________

Take a Tectonic World Tour!

Start your tour where the Theory of Plate Tectonics began—at the mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Click on STORY, ANIMATION and STATS at each stop of the tour.

What type of plate action formed the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? ______________________ In your own

words, describe how the ridge formed. _______________________________________________

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What 2 plates separate to form Iceland? ____________________________________________.

2. Next stop, South America: Where and when was the largest earthquake ever recorded? ________

______________________. It was caused by plate action at ____________________________

boundary. It caused two other catastrophic events to occur. Name them: ___________________

___________________________________________________________________________.

3. Next stop, San Francisco, California. What type of plate boundary causes all the

earthquakes here? ________________________________________________ It is called the

_____________________________________________________. Describe the plate action:

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When was the famous San Francisco Earthquake? _____________________________________.

4. Moving north, Mount St. Helens . What was the first warning signal that the volcano was about to erupt?

_____________________. What did it cause before the eruption? ______________________.

Mt St Helens is part of the ________________________ Mountain Range. These mountains have

________________ active volcanoes and are part of____________________________________.

5. Moving north again, the state of _______________ had an earthquake in ____________________

which was recorded as ________ on the Richter scale. A few hours, a huge ___________________

reached Hawaii and ______________________. The earthquake was caused by ________________

____________________________________________________________________________.

6. Onward to Japan. What tectonic action formed Mt. Fuji? _______________________________.

When was it formed? ________________. When was the last time it erupted? _________________.

Japan has ________ active volcanoes because it lies on the _______________________________.

7. To Indonesia. What volcano erupted so violently that it was heard across the Indian Ocean?

_______________________ What did the eruption cause? ______________________________.

How did the smoke and ash affect the atmosphere? _____________________________________

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Take A Tectonic World Tour - Geology Worksheet