1. Name the three types of plate boundaries.
2. What is the direction of plate movement relative to one another in a divergent plate boundary?
3. Name one divergent plate boundary or spreading center and describe its characteristics.
4. What are the three types of convergent plate boundaries? Describe one in detail.
5. What are the two types of crusts that are involved in a subduction zone?
6. What type of convergent boundary characterizes the Himalayan Mountains? What is the age of the Indian plate crust?
7. What kind of interaction takes place along a transform plate boundary?
8. Which plates are sliding past each other along the San Andreas Fault?
Part 2
Now, go to Ice ages and scroll down to the Ice Ages picture and click on it. Wait a few seconds for it to load, and you will see a short animation. Continue to answer the following questions:
9. Approximately what percent of the North American continent is covered with ice sheets?
10. What happens when ice sheets recede?
11. What is the effect of advancing ice sheets on the sea level?
12. What is the effect of melting ice on coastlines and islands?
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