NAME ________________________________________________________ PERIOD _______________
Plate Tectonics/Topographic Maps Review
1. The topographic map to the right shows a:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mountain
Plateau
River Valley
Volcano
2. What is the difference in elevation between two contour lines on this topographic map?
3. How can you identify an area with a steep slope on a topographic map?
Answer Questions 4-6 using the map below.
4. Using the picture above, which area is the steepest?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
5. Which area has the gentlest slope?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
6. How can you identify an area that is flat on this kind of map?
An area that is steep?
A
B
D
C
Using the map to the right, answer questions 7-10
7. What is the contour interval of this map?
D•
8. What is the change in elevation between Point A and Point B?
•B
9. What is the total difference in elevation for this topographic map?
A•
10. What represents a greater change in elevation,
Point B to Point D or Point B to Point C?
Using the diagram of the rock cycle below, answer questions 11-16:
11. Which steps are necessary for metamorphic rocks to form?
12. Which steps are necessary for igneous rocks to form?
13. Which steps are necessary for sedimentary rocks to form?
•C
14. Explain the role of weathering and erosion in the rock cycle?
15. What is the most likely heat source for the formation of metamorphic rock?
16. What types of rocks are associated with the following geological features:
Beach
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Mountain
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Volcano
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River
___________________________________________
Sand Dune
____________________________________________
17. Identify each process as chemical weathering, physical weathering, or neither:
Sand blasting
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Formation of Limestone Caverns
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Freezing and thawing of ice in the cracks
of a rock
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Formation of Stalagmites
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Acid rain damaging the Parthenon
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A tree root wedging a rock apart
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18. The distance north and south of the equator , measured in degrees is called
__________________________________.
The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees is called
__________________________________.
19. List 3 characteristics of contour lines:
20. Using the picture below, draw arrows along the river indicating the direction of the flow of water:
21.
A.
B.
C.
D.
In what climate is the rate of weathering the slowest?
Dry and hot
Dry and cold
Damp and hot
Damp and cold
22.
A.
B.
C.
D.
In what climate is the rate of weathering the fastest?
Dry and hot
Dry and cold
Damp and hot
Damp and cold
23. Match the following features to the correct method of formation:
_______________ Sand Dunes
_______________ Mountains
_______________ Delta
_______________ Caverns
_______________ Great Lakes
A. Deposition of mud, silt and dirt at the mouth of a river
B. Uplift
C. Glacial abrasion
D. Deposition of sand by wind
E. Chemical weathering of limestone
24. Use your resources to identify the following terms. Include how they are formed, and a drawing:
Butte: ____________________________________________________________________________
Basin: ____________________________________________________________________________
Mesa : ____________________________________________________________________________
Plateau: __________________________________________________________________________
Delta: ____________________________________________________________________________
Canyon: __________________________________________________________________________
25. Draw the 3 types of plate boundaries below with arrows representing the direction of plate movement.
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_________________________
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26. Ocean/continental (circle one) crust is more dense. Because of this, these plates are subducted or forced
underneath the less dense crust and remelted.
27. ________________ is the process by which new crust is created at a mid-ocean ridge. Draw a diagram
explaining this process.
28. In your own words, explain the Theory of Continental Drift. Include at least 2 types of evidence that support
this theory.
29. If new crust is constantly being created, why is the earth’s surface not getting bigger and bigger?
30. Complete the table.
Type of
Boundary
Convergent
Ocean-Ocean
Convergent
OceanContinental
Convergent
ContinentalContinental
Divergent
Transform
Diagram
Motion at
Boundary
Features at Plate Boundary
Examples