He silenced her with a gesture, and, leaving a piece of toast half-eaten on his plate, he got up and went into his study. The prizes were plate, and the profits were to be expended in repairing the havens of the kingdom. New Word List Word List. Save This Word! In the case of the Eurasian Plate, it moves at a rate of just millimeters per year. The Eurasian Plate is the third largest major plate.
It consists of most of Europe, Russia, and parts of Asia. This plate is sandwiched between the North American and African Plate on the north and west sides. The west side shares a divergent plate boundary with the North American plate.
The south side of the Eurasian plate neighbors the Arabian, Indian and Sunda plates. This is why some of the mountain chains formed during the earlier collision can be traced from Europe to North America and from Europe to Africa. That the Atlantic Ocean rift may have occurred in approximately the same place during two separate events several hundred million years apart is probably no coincidence. The series of hot spots that has been identified in the Atlantic Ocean may also have existed for several hundred million years, and thus may have contributed to rifting in roughly the same place on at least two separate occasions Figure This map shows the boundaries between the major plates.
Without referring to the plate map in Figure Start with the major plates, and then work on the smaller ones. Finally, using a highlighter or coloured pencil, label as many of the boundaries as you can as divergent, convergent, or transform.
Skip to content Chapter 10 Plate Tectonics. Figure Previous: Next: Share This Book Share on Twitter. This plate includes all of Africa and the surrounding ocean, including the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the surrounding Antarctic Ocean, and the western Indian ocean.
The part of the plate around the South America plate is moving northwards and a little east. The part of the plate around the Australia plate is moving southwards. This plate includes Australia and much of the surrounding ocean. New Guinea and the northern parts of New Zealand are part of the Australia plate. The ocean area along southern Asia up to the India plate is also a part of the Australia plate.
This plate is small. It includes the central Caribbean countries and runs along the northern edge of South America. This plate includes the northeastern part of the Atlantic ocean, all of Europe, all of Russia except its most eastern part , and down through southeast Asia, including China and Indonesia.
This plate includes the islands that make up the Philipines and north to include parts of southern Japan. It runs along the north western coast of the United States and the southern British Columbia coast. This plate includes all of North America, Greenland, the eastern most part of Russia, northern Japan, and the northwestern part of the Atlantic ocean. It runs from the tip of South America eastwards to form a barrier between the Antarctic plate and the South America plate.
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