Aim:To show different tectonic plate movements.
Research: Find a YouTube video on tectonic plate boundaries
Method: 1. Open “Stop Motion Animator” extension or Google Slides or Phone camera.
1.Divergent Boundary
2.Convergent boundary
3.Transform Boundary
- A mid-ocean ridge is an example of what type of plate boundary?
a.convergent zone
b.divergent zone
c.transform zone - Where in the world is a mid-ocean ridge? The Atlantic Ocean
- A rift valley is evidence of which kind of plate boundary?
a.convergent boundary
b.transform boundary
c.divergent boundary - Where in the world is a rift valley? There are quite few of active rift valley in the world, these are the East African Rift, the Baikal Rift Valley, the West Antarctic Rift, and the Rio Grande Rift.
- What happens where an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate?
a.The denser oceanic plate slides on top of the less dense continental plate.
b.The denser oceanic plate slides under the less dense continental plate.
c.The less dense oceanic plate slides past the denser continental plate.
d.The less dense oceanic plate slides under the denser continental plate - At what type of plate boundary are most high continental mountains formed?
a.convergent boundary
b.divergent boundary
c.transform boundary - What kind of plate movement created the Himalayan Mountains?
a convergence of oceanic crust with continental crust.
b.divergence between two continental crustal plates.
c.transform movement between oceanic and continental crustal plates.
d.convergence of two plates composed of continental crust. - What type of boundary occurs where two plates move together, causing one plate to descend into the mantle beneath the other plate?
a.transform fault boundary
b.convergent boundary
c.divergent boundary - What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or producing a new lithosphere?
a.divergent boundary
b.convergent boundary
c.transform boundary - What is the lithosphere? The Lithosphere is the rigid layer of the Earth’s crust.
- What are the layers of the lithosphere? The lithosphere includes the brittle upper portion of the mantle and the crust, the outermost layers of Earth’s structure.
- What are convection currents? Convection currents transfer heat from one place to another by mass motion of a fluid such as water, air or molten rock.When the fluid molecules are heated, the fluid becomes larger and lighter.
- Which layer of the lithosphere do convection currents occur in? Convection currents occurs in Earth’s mantle.
- How do convection currents relate to continental drift? The convection currents affect the continental drift by the heat from the core makes magma in the mantle rise towards the crust. As the hot current nears the crust, it begins to cool and sink back towards the core. As the magma sinks, it drags the plates across the surface of the Earth.
- Which plates are New Zealand on? New Zealand is in the edge of both Australian and Pacific tectonic plates.
- What type of plate boundary is New Zealand on? New Zealand is in a convergent boundary.
- How do we scientists know? Scientists know what type of plate boundaries a certain place is standing by how their lands are formed.

