Plate Tectonics & Earthquakes Review Sheet
Name ____________________
Period _____
If I were you I would know:
I.
Terms
A. Continental drift
B. Pangaea
C. Fossil
D. Plate
E. Divergent boundary
F. Convergent boundary
G. Transform boundary
H. Plate tectonics
I. Convection current
J. Fault
K. Stress
L. Tension force
M. Compression force
N. Shearing force
O. Normal fault
P. Reverse fault
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Q. Strike – slip fault
R. Hanging wall
S. Footwall
T. Focus
U. Epicenter
V. P wave
W. S wave
X. Surface wave
Y. Seismograph
Z. Seismogram
AA. Richter scale
BB. Moment magnitude scale
CC. Subduction
DD. San Andreas Fault
EE. New Madrid Fault
II.
Concepts –
A. 3 kinds of faults and the stress that causes each fault
kind of fault
stress
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2.
3.
C. how to name a fault from a diagram*
D. 3 types of evidence to support continental drift
E. Reason why Wegener’s hypothesis for continental drift was rejected
F. Explain how geologists use seismic waves to locate an earthquake’s epicenter
G. Explain the difference between P and S waves in an earthquake
H. Why do most earthquakes happen along plate boundaries?
I. 3 states in the U.S. that have the most earthquakes
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