Plate Tectonics Review
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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Order of the Earth’s layers
What happens to temp and pressure as you go deeper
into the earth.
What material
makes up the
oceanic crust
and the
continental
crust.
The 3 Types of plate boundaries and their direction of
movement
The difference between the 3 types of heat transfer
Density and how it affects movement of rocks in the
mantle (less dense vs. more dense)
Sea-floor spreading and where it occurs
Mid-ocean ridges and where they occur
The role of heat, gravity, and density in convection
currents
How and where convection currents work
Asthenosphere and lithosphere and what layers they
make up.
Definitions of the following: subduction, rift,
continental drift
Plate Tectonics Review
To be successful on your Plate Tectonics test, you must review
your notes, highlight important facts, and understand the
following concepts:
-
-
-
Plate Tectonics Review
To be successful on your Plate Tectonics test, you must review
your notes, highlight important facts, and understand the
following concepts:
-
-
-
Order of the Earth’s layers
What happens to temp and pressure as you go deeper
into the earth.
What material
makes up the
oceanic crust
and the
continental
crust.
The 3 Types of plate boundaries and their direction of
movement
The difference between the 3 types of heat transfer
Density and how it affects movement of rocks in the
mantle (less dense vs. more dense)
Sea-floor spreading and where it occurs
Mid-ocean ridges and where they occur
The role of heat, gravity, and density in convection
currents
How and where convection currents work
Asthenosphere and lithosphere and what layers they
make up.
Definitions of the following: subduction, rift,
continental drift
Order of the Earth’s layers
What happens to temp and pressure as you go deeper
into the earth.
What material
makes up the
oceanic crust
and the
continental
crust.
The 3 Types of plate boundaries and their direction of
movement
The difference between the 3 types of heat transfer
Density and how it affects movement of rocks in the
mantle (less dense vs. more dense)
Sea-floor spreading and where it occurs
Mid-ocean ridges and where they occur
The role of heat, gravity, and density in convection
currents
How and where convection currents work
Asthenosphere and lithosphere and what layers they
make up.
Definitions of the following: subduction, rift,
continental drift
Plate Tectonics Review
To be successful on your Plate Tectonics test, you must review
your notes, highlight important facts, and understand the
following concepts:
-
-
-
Order of the Earth’s layers
What happens to temp and pressure as you go deeper
into the earth.
What material
makes up the
oceanic crust
and the
continental
crust.
The 3 Types of plate boundaries and their direction of
movement
The difference between the 3 types of heat transfer
Density and how it affects movement of rocks in the
mantle (less dense vs. more dense)
Sea-floor spreading and where it occurs
Mid-ocean ridges and where they occur
The role of heat, gravity, and density in convection
currents
How and where convection currents work
Asthenosphere and lithosphere and what layers they
make up.
Definitions of the following: subduction, rift,
continental drift