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Geology Study Guide
1. List the five pieces of evidence for continental drift.
2. Remember that the distance between contour lines can determine how steep an area is. The closer the
lines, the steeper the area is.
If you were hiking with older people and young children, you
would want an easy hike. What side (north or south) of the hill
would you hike up and why?
If you wanted a pretty intense and challenging hike, what side
(north or south) of the hill would you hike up and why?
3. Identify the landforms that are created at each type of boundary.
Boundary
Landforms Created
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
4. Using the formula chart in schoology, write the equation for speed in the box below.
Then put the formula into the formula triangle.
5. The Nazca plate is moving at an average speed of 3 mm/yr westward. Using the formula triangle from
question 4, determine how many years it will take the Nazca plate to move 10.5 mm?
6. Explain the theory of continental drift.
7. Write the definition and draw a picture to represent these words.
Word
Definition
Picture
Elevation
Contour Interval
Contour Line
8. Subduction is when one plate slides under another plate and is destroyed and melted back into liquid
rock. Subduction occurs because one plate is more dense than the other plate (Oceanic crust is more
dense than continental crust). In red, circle the location that shows subduction.
9. The map below shows the Earth’s tectonic plates.
Name two plates that are moving towards each
other.
Name two plates that are moving away from each
other.