Earth Science
Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes Test study guide
Chapter 9
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What is the cause of plate motion?
Describe the process of convection.
What are the three major types of plate boundaries?
How does the type of crust affect each boundary type?
What landforms and geologic activity are expected at each boundary type? Use the specific
boundaries like C-C convergent.
6. Study the image of a subduction zone on page 265.
Chapter 10
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How does temperature change with depth in the Earth?
How does pressure affect the melting point of a rock?
How does water affect the melting point of a rock?
How can we have volcanoes not along a plate boundary? Be able to describe this process.
Be able to predict the type of volcanism based on plate boundary type.
How does viscosity and dissolved gas affect the eruption type?
Study table 1 pg 287.
Describe the various types of volcanic hazards.
Know the anatomy of a volcano- pg. 289
What are the types of volcanoes and predict the eruption type, magma composition, and
viscosity of each?
11. How does a volcanic neck form?
12. How do the following igneous features form?
Sill
Laccolith
Dyke
Batholith
Pluton
13. Be able to identify igneous rocks based on mineral composition and crystal size.