1. At the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, are the plates moving toward each other or away from each other? 2. Which type of plate boundary is found here?

3. Which of the following actions happen at the center of the Atlantic Ocean, at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (circle all that apply)?

A. volcanic eruptions
B. fault lines
C. subduction
D. seafloor spreading
E. creation of new crust
F. destruction/recycling of old crust
G. folded, nonvolcanic mountains

4. What is happening to the distance between South America and Africa over time? Why?

5. Find the names of at least five ocean ridges on the map. List their names here:

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

6. Find Iceland on your map. Do you think Iceland is volcanic? Why or why not?

7. If you were creating a map a thousand years into the future, how would the size of the Atlantic Ocean have changed? Why?

8. The Great Rift Valley is a divergent boundary on land. Find the latitude and longitude of a point that is within the Great Rift Valley.

9. Some of the Earth’s greatest diamond mines are found in this region. Research how diamonds form and then explain why this region is full of diamonds.