Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Study Guide
1. Know the definitions of a fault, subduction, plates, rifts, rift valleys, trenches,
mid-ocean ridge, fossil, theory, density, geologist, Pangaea
2. Know the different types of crust and what they are mainly composed of
3. Know what scientist developed the theory of continental drift and why other
scientists initially rejected it
4. Know the different types of plate boundaries
5. Be able to describe the evidence that supports the theory of continental drift
6. Know what types of crust are more dense and what types are less dense (example:
oceanic vs. continental, older oceanic vs. newer oceanic)
7. Be able to describe the process of sea-floor spreading
8. Be able to identify the different types of plate boundaries by looking at a diagram
like the one on the Review and Reinforce Worksheet about Plate Tectonics
9. Be able to compare and contrast the three different kinds of convergent plate
boundaries