Unit 1A Assessment Review
Directions: Identify the meaning and/or importance of the following concepts. Write 1-3 sentences for each.
Terms to Know:
-layers of the earth
-lithosphere
-rift valley (mid ocean ridge)
-transform boundary
-asthenosphere
-magnetic reversals
-divergent boundary
-subduction
-Pangaea
-convergent boundary
-volcanism
-hotspots
-Alfred Wegener
-continental drift
-plate tectonics
-convection
- ocean trench
Reflection Questions: Use chapter 1 A to answer the following questions.
1. In what ways does the lithosphere differ from the asthenosphere?
2. How does the density of the material differ from the inner core to the crust?
3. What are 3 evidences of continental drift?
4. How does the age of the sea floor show that the tectonic plates move?
5. What causes plate tectonic to move? Describe your answer.
6. What evidence did Alfred Wegener not use to support his theory of continental drift?
7. Describe three types of boundaries.
8. Explain how records of magnetic reversals show that plates move apart.
Unit 1A Assessment Review
Directions: Identify the meaning and/or importance of the following concepts. Write 1-3 sentences for each.
Terms to Know:
-layers of the earth
-lithosphere
-rift valley (mid ocean ridge)
-transform boundary
-asthenosphere
-magnetic reversals
-divergent boundary
-subduction
-Pangaea
-convergent boundary
-volcanism
-hotspots
-Alfred Wegener
-continental drift
-plate tectonics
-convection
- ocean trench
Reflection Questions: Use chapter 1 A to answer the following questions.
1. In what ways does the lithosphere differ from the asthenosphere?
2. How does the density of the material differ from the inner core to the crust?
3. What are 3 evidences of continental drift?
4. How does the age of the sea floor show that the tectonic plates move?
5. What causes plate tectonic to move? Describe your answer.
6. What evidence did Alfred Wegener not use to support his theory of continental drift?
7. Describe three types of boundaries.
8. Explain how records of magnetic reversals show that plates move apart.
Unit 1A Assessment Review
Directions: Identify the meaning and/or importance of the following concepts. Write 1-3 sentences for each.
Terms to Know:
-layers of the earth
-lithosphere
-rift valley (mid ocean ridge)
-transform boundary
-asthenosphere
-magnetic reversals
-divergent boundary
-subduction
-Pangaea
-convergent boundary
-volcanism
-hotspots
-Alfred Wegener
-continental drift
-plate tectonics
-convection
- ocean trench
Reflection Questions: Use chapter 1 A to answer the following questions.
1. In what ways does the lithosphere differ from the asthenosphere?
2. How does the density of the material differ from the inner core to the crust?
3. What are 3 evidences of continental drift?
4. How does the age of the sea floor show that the tectonic plates move?
5. What causes plate tectonic to move? Describe your answer.
6. What evidence did Alfred Wegener not use to support his theory of continental drift?
7. Describe three types of boundaries.
8. Explain how records of magnetic reversals show that plates move apart.
Unit 1A Assessment Review
Directions: Identify the meaning and/or importance of the following concepts. Write 1-3 sentences for each.
Terms to Know:
-layers of the earth
-lithosphere
-rift valley (mid ocean ridge)
-transform boundary
-asthenosphere
-magnetic reversals
-divergent boundary
-subduction
-Pangaea
-convergent boundary
-volcanism
-hotspots
-Alfred Wegener
-continental drift
-plate tectonics
-convection
- ocean trench
Reflection Questions: Use chapter 1 A to answer the following questions.
1. In what ways does the lithosphere differ from the asthenosphere?
2. How does the density of the material differ from the inner core to the crust?
3. What are 3 evidences of continental drift?
4. How does the age of the sea floor show that the tectonic plates move?
5. What causes plate tectonic to move? Describe your answer.
6. What evidence did Alfred Wegener not use to support his theory of continental drift?
7. Describe three types of boundaries.
8. Explain how records of magnetic reversals show that plates move apart.
Unit 1A Assessment Review
Directions: Identify the meaning and/or importance of the following concepts. Write 1-3 sentences for each.
Terms to Know:
-layers of the earth
-lithosphere
-rift valley (mid ocean ridge)
-transform boundary
-asthenosphere
-magnetic reversals
-divergent boundary
-subduction
-Pangaea
-convergent boundary
-volcanism
-hotspots
-Alfred Wegener
-continental drift
-plate tectonics
-convection
- ocean trench
Reflection Questions: Use chapter 1 A to answer the following questions.
1. In what ways does the lithosphere differ from the asthenosphere?
2. How does the density of the material differ from the inner core to the crust?
3. What are 3 evidences of continental drift?
4. How does the age of the sea floor show that the tectonic plates move?
5. What causes plate tectonic to move? Describe your answer.
6. What evidence did Alfred Wegener not use to support his theory of continental drift?
7. Describe three types of boundaries.
8. Explain how records of magnetic reversals show that plates move apart.
Unit 1A Assessment Review
Directions: Identify the meaning and/or importance of the following concepts. Write 1-3 sentences for each.
Terms to Know:
-layers of the earth
-lithosphere
-rift valley (mid ocean ridge)
-transform boundary
-asthenosphere
-magnetic reversals
-divergent boundary
-subduction
-Pangaea
-convergent boundary
-volcanism
-hotspots
-Alfred Wegener
-continental drift
-plate tectonics
-convection
- ocean trench
Reflection Questions: Use chapter 1 A to answer the following questions.
1. In what ways does the lithosphere differ from the asthenosphere?
2. How does the density of the material differ from the inner core to the crust?
3. What are 3 evidences of continental drift?
4. How does the age of the sea floor show that the tectonic plates move?
5. What causes plate tectonic to move? Describe your answer.
6. What evidence did Alfred Wegener not use to support his theory of continental drift?
7. Describe three types of boundaries.
8. Explain how records of magnetic reversals show that plates move apart.