PLATE BOUNDARIES
The study of earth’s plate movement is called _________________________
What is the driving force behind plate tectonics?
What two major natural occurrences that are created by plate tectonics are always found near one another?
Describe hot spots?
On which plate is the Hawaii hot spot located?
What are four major pieces of evidence for Continental Drift?
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Which two continents look like they best fit together? ______________________________________________________
Why was Wegner’s Theory of Continental Drift not accepted?
List the 3 types of plate boundaries. _____________________________________________________________________
Explain the two types of convergent plate boundaries. ______________________________________________________
What type of features do we see when continental –continental convergence takes place?
What type of features do we see when oceanic – continental convergence takes place?
At an ocean-ocean convergence, would the volcanic islands form on the subducting plate or the overriding plate? (Circle)
What happens to the age of rocks as you move away from a mid ocean ridge?
What have we learned about Earth’s magnetic poles from studying mid ocean ridges?
If you look at the left side of a mid-ocean ridge and then look at the right side of the same ridge, what might you notice?
(think about the sea floor spreading lab)

Which plate boundary is responsible for the mid ocean ridge? Which way are the plates moving? ___________________
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LAYERS OF THE EARTH
Which layer of the earth is the largest?
Which layer of the earth has convection currents in it? (hint: mantle is not exactly correct)
What layer of the earth makes up the tectonic plate?
What portions of the earth make up the lithosphere?
Which layer of the earth forms our magnetic field?
Identify each layer of the earth as solid or liquid or a combination:
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Label the layers of the Earth (all 6):
Explain the difference between the focus and the epicenter of an earthquake. _________________________________
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An underwater earthquake will create a huge wave known as a _____________________________________________.
Explain how we locate the epicenter of an earthquake: ______________________________________________________
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What is a craton? ____________________________________________________________________________________

Ocean or Continent Features name of faults stress arrows picture of fault
Subduction
Collision
Divergent
Transform
Describe cinder cones volcanoes. ______________________________________________________________________
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Describe Shield volcanoes. ___________________________________________________________________________
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Describe composite/stratovolcanoes. __________________________________________________________________
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Describe a pyroclastic flow. __________________________________________________________________________
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P waves
S waves
L waves
Type travels through… appearance speed
What is a caldera? ___________________________________________________________________________________
Faulted Dome Folded
Draw a picture for each mountain type