Te c t o n i c P l a t e s

North Eurasian
Juan de Fuca
American Anatolian Amur

Aegean
Yangtze Okinawa
Arabian
Rivera Philippine Mariana
Panama
Indian
Sunda North
Pa c i fi c Galapagos
Cocos North
Andes Caroline
Bismarck
South
Molucca
Bismarck
Futuna
Af r i c a n Banda Balmoral
Niuafo'ou Altiplano Somalian Bird’s
Head Woodlark
Reef
Timor
Tonga
South
Nazca New Hebrides
America Conway Reef
Kermadec Australian Kermadec

South
Sandwich
Scotia
South
Shetland
A n t a r c t i c

The Earth’s crust is a puzzle-like network of tectonic plates. Some colossal, and many comparatively tiny.
These plates are continually moving, scraping against each other, spreading apart or colliding.
Earth’s geography changes as this movement creates new ocean floor, mountains and volcanoes.
What interesting aspects do you notice looking at the shapes of tectonic plates?
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