Plate Tectonics Study Guide
To be successful on your Plate Tectonics test, you must review
your notes, highlight important facts, and understand the
following concepts:
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Plate Tectonics Study Guide
To be successful on your Plate Tectonics test, you must review
your notes, highlight important facts, and understand the
following concepts:
What is the order of the Earth’s layers from outside to
inside and what is the composition of each (solid? liquid?)?
What happens to temp and pressure as you go deeper
into the earth?
What material makes up the oceanic crust and the
continental crust? Which one is more dense?
What are the 3 Types of plate boundaries and their
direction of movement?
What are the 3 types of heat transfer and how are they
different?
What is density and how does it affect the movement of
rocks in the mantle (less dense vs. more dense)?
What is sea-floor spreading and where does it occur?
What are mid-ocean ridges and where do they occur?
What is the role of heat, gravity, and density in convection
currents? Draw and label a picture to explain!
How and where do convection currents work?
What are the asthenosphere and lithosphere and in which
earth layers can they be found?
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Write out the definitions of the following:
subduction, rift, continental drift
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Plate Tectonics Study Guide
To be successful on your Plate Tectonics test, you must review
your notes, highlight important facts, and understand the
following concepts:
-
-
What is the order of the Earth’s layers from outside to
inside and what is the composition of each (solid? liquid?)?
What happens to temp and pressure as you go deeper
into the earth?
What material makes up the oceanic crust and the
continental crust? Which one is more dense?
What are the 3 Types of plate boundaries and their
direction of movement?
What are the 3 types of heat transfer and how are they
different?
What is density and how does it affect the movement of
rocks in the mantle (less dense vs. more dense)?
What is sea-floor spreading and where does it occur?
What are mid-ocean ridges and where do they occur?
What is the role of heat, gravity, and density in convection
currents? Draw and label a picture to explain!
How and where do convection currents work?
What are the asthenosphere and lithosphere and in which
earth layers can they be found?
Write out the definitions of the following:
subduction, rift, continental drift
Plate Tectonics Study Guide
To be successful on your Plate Tectonics test, you must review
your notes, highlight important facts, and understand the
following concepts:
What is the order of the Earth’s layers from outside to
inside and what is the composition of each (solid? liquid?)?
What happens to temp and pressure as you go deeper
into the earth?
What material makes up the oceanic crust and the
continental crust? Which one is more dense?
What are the 3 Types of plate boundaries and their
direction of movement?
What are the 3 types of heat transfer and how are they
different?
What is density and how does it affect the movement of
rocks in the mantle (less dense vs. more dense)?
What is sea-floor spreading and where does it occur?
What are mid-ocean ridges and where do they occur?
What is the role of heat, gravity, and density in convection
currents? Draw and label a picture to explain!
How and where do convection currents work?
What are the asthenosphere and lithosphere and in which
earth layers can they be found?
-
Write out the definitions of the following:
subduction, rift, continental drift
-
-
-
What is the order of the Earth’s layers from outside to
inside and what is the composition of each (solid? liquid?)?
What happens to temp and pressure as you go deeper
into the earth?
What material makes up the oceanic crust and the
continental crust? Which one is more dense?
What are the 3 Types of plate boundaries and their
direction of movement?
What are the 3 types of heat transfer and how are they
different?
What is density and how does it affect the movement of
rocks in the mantle (less dense vs. more dense)?
What is sea-floor spreading and where does it occur?
What are mid-ocean ridges and where do they occur?
What is the role of heat, gravity, and density in convection
currents? Draw and label a picture to explain!
How and where do convection currents work?
What are the asthenosphere and lithosphere and in which
earth layers can they be found?
Write out the definitions of the following:
subduction, rift, continental drift