Overview
Follow the instructions in the file I uploaded. You need to print out the image on the last page of the document, then mark it up and answer some questions as required.
That's what the professor said：
The assignment this week is an easy one. You will just be looking at a figure of plates and answering a few questions about types of plate boundaries. It does mean that you have to understand how the edges of the tectonic plates interact. If you search for the answers on the internet you may run into differences in the names of the plates that are used. I have tried to just use the names of the major and minor plates to keep things simple. There are a lot of “micro-plates” and fragments of plates, each with their own name. Try to stick with the ones I used on the figure.
Throughout the course I will try to be constant with the terminology but will probably slip up sometimes. You may find some different terms on the internet as well.
Convergent boundary –
this may also be called a subduction zone, (subduction zone actually means a specific region of the boundary but for our purposes it will be OK) you may also see this called a destructive boundary
Divergent boundary-
A mid-ocean ridge is a divergent boundary that is in the ocean. May also be called a rift, normally this is what a divergent boundary on land is called. You may also see this called a conservative margin
Transform boundary –
This is not interchangeable with strike-slip fault – a fault is a fracture where there is movement. A boundary is where the edges of two (or more) plates meet.
Anyway make sure you are clear on the terms.