Geography 12: The Lithosphere
Research Assignment
Use library resources to provide written responses to the following questions.
In addition, map the features on the World Map. Use a legend to indicate the
meaning of your colours and symbols.
1. Name the continents and oceans of the world.
2. What are some of the mountain ranges in
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
3. Which mountain ranges are highest in elevation?
4. Are the mountain ranges evenly distributed across the continents?
5. Which of the mountain ranges are not located near the edge of a continent?
6. Where have earthquakes occurred recently? In the past?
7. What are the continental shelves?
8. Which hemisphere, Northern or Southern, contains the most landmass?
9. Which ocean is largest, the Pacific or the Atlantic?
10.Where are the deepest areas of the ocean?
11.What relationship is there between mountains, continental shelves, and
trenches?
12.Determine the location of 30 – 40 of the following volcanic cones and plateau
basalts, making sure that you have some on the land and some in the oceans.
Plot these features on your World Map (circle composite cones with a red pencil
and the plateau basalts with a blue pencil).
13. Formulate the hypotheses. These are statements that are based on your
initial research and the plotting of your data.
What would you hypothesize about
a. the formation of basalt and andesite?
b. the formation of mountain ranges?
c. the location of volcanoes?
d. the location of trenches?