PLATE TECTONICS TEST STUDY GUIDE
(Layers of Earth, Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics)
Layers of the Earth
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Describe the 3 chemical layers of the Earth.
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Crust –
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Mantle –
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Core –
Describe the 5 physical layers that make up the Earth.
1. Lithosphere –
2. Asthenosphere –
3. Mesosphere –
4. Outer Core –
5. Inner Core –
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How do we know what the inside of the Earth looks like?
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Earthquakes produce ____________________________________.
Continental Drift
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What was Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis?
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What is the evidence to support Wegener’s hypothesis? (4 pieces of evidence)
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Define Longitude and Latitude.
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Name the large continent 300 million years ago. ___________________________________
Plate Tectonics
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What happens in sea-floor spreading, and how does it occur?
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What is the theory of plate tectonics?
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Where do subduction zones take place? What happens there?
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Plate Boundaries – what is the movement at each plate and what does it cause?
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Divergent
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Convergent
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Ocean – Ocean
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Ocean – Continent
III.
Continent – Continent
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Driving forces of plate tectonics – responsible for moving the tectonic plates
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Ridge push
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Convection
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Slab pull