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Geology Review Sheet
Earth’s Interior
1.) Draw Earth’s interior and label the four main layers. On your model label the following:
radiation, conduction, and convection
2.) When an Earthquake occurs, it produces energy that travels through Earth. What form does this
energy take?
3.) How do scientists know Earth has layers?
4.) What is the difference between reflection and refraction?
5.) Why do the seismic waves not travel in a straight line? What is this called?
6.) What happens to temperature as depth increases inside Earth? Draw a simple graph which
shows this relationship.
7.)
Label each layer of Earth on the graph above.
8.) Why did Earth separate into layers?
9.) What conditions were necessary for Earth to form layers?
10.) Based on the image below, did the moon go through planetary differentiation? Explain why or
why not.
11.) What two factors produce heat which makes the interior of Earth hot?
12.) How does heat get transferred from its inner core to the crust? (what are the three main types
of heat transfer)
13.) What are convection currents and where do they occur?
14.) What powers convection currents?
Plate Tectonics
15.) Explain continental drift theory and provide evidence for the theory.
16.) Explain seafloor spreading theory and provide evidence for the theory.
17.) Explain plate tectonics theory and provide evidence for the theory.
18.) What causes the plates to move?
19.) Draw an example of seafloor spreading (divergent plate boundary) and include the proper
convection currents under each plate.
20.)
How did we collect data for this map?
21.) What causes oceanic crust to sink beneath continental crust?
22.) Draw a zone of subduction and label the two geologic features which occur.
23.) Describe the three main types of Plate Boundaries.
24.) What landforms occur at the following?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Oceanic divergent plate boundary______________________
Continental divergent plate boundary___________________
Continental/oceanic convergent plate boundary____________________
Oceanic/oceanic convergent plate boundary_______________________
Continental/continental convergent plate boundary_________________
Transform Plate Boundary___________________________
Earth’s surface and topography
25.) What are the two specific constructive forces?
26.) What are the two specific destructive forces?
27.) How can discharge and gradient change the amount of erosion in a river?
28.) What type of rock weathers the fastest? The slowest?
29.) What type of soil weathers the fastest? The slowest?
30.) Draw a winding stream and label the erosion and deposition which occurs at each bend.
31.)
What two landforms are shown on this topographic map?
32.)
How would this valley change if a glacier moved through it?