Study Guide for Plate Tectonics and the Parts of the Earth
1. Know the definitions of the following words:
Inner core
convergent boundary
Pangea
Hot spot
Outer core
Mantle
Subduction
Crust
Crust
Lithosphere
Theory of Plate tectonics
Asthenosphere
Divergent boundary
Continental-continental collision
Tectonic plate
rift valley
oceanic-oceanic subduction
Continental drift
transform boundary
oceanic-continental subduction
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Geosphere
2. Be able to explain and/or analyze:
a. Plate tectonics
b. The theory of continental drift and the evidence Wegner used to support it
c. The three types of boundaries between tectonic plates (convergent,
divergent, transform).
d. The three types of convergent boundaries (2 types of collisions and
subduction)
e. How the 4 systems of the earth (atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere,
hydrosphere) interact
f. How different landforms (rift valleys, hot spots) help explain what is
happening to the tectonic plates around them.
Study Guide for Plate Tectonics and the Parts of the Earth
1. Know the definitions of the following words:
Inner core
convergent boundary
Pangea
Hot spot
Outer core
Mantle
Subduction
Crust
Crust
Lithosphere
Theory of Plate tectonics
Asthenosphere
Divergent boundary
Continental-continental collision
Tectonic plate
rift valley
oceanic-oceanic subduction
Continental drift
transform boundary
oceanic-continental subduction
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Geosphere
2. Be able to explain and/or analyze:
a. Plate tectonics
b. The theory of continental drift and the evidence Wegner used to support it
c. The three types of boundaries between tectonic plates (convergent,
divergent, transform).
d. The three types of convergent boundaries (2 types of collisions and
subduction)
e. How the 4 systems of the earth (atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere,
hydrosphere) interact
f. How different landforms (rift valleys, hot spots) help explain what is
happening to the tectonic plates around them.