Unit 2 Study Guide – Chapters 8 & 9
Unit 2 Study Guide – Chapters 8 & 9
Fill in the missing pieces to the chart below.
Boundary
Type
What
happens?
Lithosphere:
created or
destroyed?
Fill in the missing pieces to the chart below.
Landforms
created
Picture
Boundary
Type
Convergent
Convergent
Divergent
Divergent
Transform
Fault
Transform
Fault
What
happens?
Lithosphere:
created or
destroyed?
Landforms
created
Picture
On a separate sheet of paper, answer the following questions:
On a separate sheet of paper, answer the following questions:
What is a subduction zone? What type of fault is formed there?
What is a subduction zone? What type of fault is formed there?
Describe convection currents. Where do they occur?
Describe convection currents. Where do they occur?
Draw and label the layers of the earth.
Draw and label the layers of the earth.
Energy from earthquakes is released in the form of what type of wave?
Energy from earthquakes is released in the form of what type of wave?
Describe P, S and L waves. Which are the most destructive? Which one moves the
fastest? Slowest?
Describe P, S and L waves. Which are the most destructive? Which one moves the
fastest? Slowest?
Draw, label and define: epicenter, focus and fault.
Draw, label and define: epicenter, focus and fault.
Draw, label and describe: normal, reverse and strike-slip faults.
Draw, label and describe: normal, reverse and strike-slip faults.
What is a tsunami? What causes a tsunami?
What is a tsunami? What causes a tsunami?
How are volcanoes formed?
How are volcanoes formed?
Define lahar, ash, liquefaction.
Define lahar, ash, liquefaction.