Question

laboratory exercises
part i
in the figure below, you will identify and label each plate - boundary diagram (a through e) as either divergent, convergent (specify which category), and transform.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze diagram a

Two continental - crust plates are colliding. This is a convergent boundary of the continent - continent type.

Step2: Analyze diagram b

An oceanic plate is subducting beneath another oceanic plate (left) and an oceanic plate is subducting beneath a continental plate (right). These are convergent boundaries of the ocean - ocean and ocean - continent types respectively.

Step3: Analyze diagram d

Two continental plates are colliding to form a folded mountain range. This is a convergent continent - continent boundary.

Step4: Analyze diagram e

Two plates are sliding past each other along a fault (San Andreas Fault shown as an example). This is a transform boundary.

Answer:

a. Convergent (continent - continent)
b. Convergent (ocean - ocean and ocean - continent)
d. Convergent (continent - continent)
e. Transform