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Study Guide: Geology- The Study of Earth
Test Date: 29 April
1. How do Earth’s tectonic plates interact?
2. Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
3. Why was this theory not accepted?
4. What caused the tectonic plates to move?
5. What evidence did Wegener have that showed that Pangaea once existed?
6. How has technology aided in the support of continental drift?
7. What is the theory of plate tectonics?
8. Compare and contrast the three types of plate boundaries and features associated with each.
9. What is convection?
10. Summarize how convection in the mantle is related to the movements of tectonic plates.
11. What is sea-floor spreading?
12. What is the difference between magma and lava?
13. How do volcanoes form and how are they classified?
14. Where do volcanoes occur?
15. What are the different types of volcanoes? Know the features of each.
16. What causes earthquakes?
17. How are earthquakes measured?
18. What are the 3 seismic waves?
19. What are the differences between the 3 seismic waves?
20. How do geologists measure the seismic waves?
21. What are hazards of earthquakes?
22. How can earthquakes and volcanoes be predicted?
23. What are the layers of Earth? (You should be able to distinguish each layer- composition, order, any
specific characteristics or happenings about each layer).
24. What is the difference between an oceanic plate and continental plate?
25. What forms when continental plates come together?
26. What forms when an oceanic and continental plate come together?