Name__________________________________________
Date____________
Class_______________
Plate Tectonics Review
Vocabulary:
1. The continuation theory of continents drifting and plates moving is
called_______________________________.
2. Boundaries that occur when two plates move away from one another , resulting in, seafloor spreading, underwater ridges, and rift valleys are called
___________________________ boundaries.
3. The German scienctist that developed the Theory of Continental Drift is
________________________________.
4. ______________________________ boundaries occur when plates rub against one
another creating fault lines and earthquakes.
5. _______________________________ is the supercontinent, combining 7 tectonic paltes
fitting together, named by Afred Wegener which is said to have exhisted about 250
million years ago
6. The theory of _______________________________________ explains the moving of
continents, but could not answer what made the land masses move.
7. The process of a more dense tectonic plate diving underneath a less dense tectonic
plate is called ___________________________________.
8. The rising of hot magma, then cooling and then sinking is called a(n)
___________________________________ which is the driving force for the movement
of tectonic platees.
Diagram
Plate Boundary
What is
happening?
Crustal Formation
Example
Tectonic Plate #3
Tectonic Plate #1
Tectonic Plate #2
E
9. What type of crust is Tectonic plate #1?___________________________________________
10. What type of crust is Tectonic plate #2?___________________________________________
11. What type of crust is Tectonic plate #3?___________________________________________
12. What type of plate boundary is located at location A?________________________________________
13. What process is occurring a Location A?____________________________________________________
14. What crustal feature is occurring at location A?_________________________________________
15. What type of plate boundary is located at location B?________________________________________
16. What process is occurring a Location B?____________________________________________________
17. What crustal feature is occurring at location B?_________________________________________
18. What type of plate boundary is located at location C?________________________________________
19. What process is occurring a Location C?____________________________________________________
20. What crustal feature is occurring at location C?_________________________________________
21. What crustal feature is occurring at location D?________________________________________
22. What is occurring at location E?____________________________________________________
23. At what location would we find the youngest rock or crust?________________________________________
24. At which locations would we find the oldest rock or crust? ________________________________________