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Review: Plate Tectonics/Layers of the Earth
Label the diagram showing the layers of the Earth. (10 things – not middle mantle)
Label the major plates.
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Label the type of boundary.
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What type of boundary occurs at each letter? What geologic feature is found there?
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Highlight the Ring of Fire. Why is it called that? _______________________________________
1 Which layer of Earth is least involved in plate tectonics?
A Asthenosphere
B Inner core
C Mantle
D Lithosphere
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2 What geologic event occurs when two plates collide or come together?
F Formation of ocean floor
G Formation of an island
H Formation of a mountain
J Earthquake
3 What causes the plates to move?
A Density of the continental crust
B Temperature of the oceanic crust
C Thickness of Earth’s layers
D Convection currents in the mantle
4. This area is both a major earthquake zone and volcano zone.
a. Pacific Ring of Volcanoes
c. Oceanic Ring of Fire
b. Pacific Ring of Fire
d. Pacific Island Arc
Why?
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5. Identify the feature at each letter in the diagram.
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