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Name ________________________ Period ____ Test Date: April 25, 2017
Plate Tectonics Review Sheet
continental drift -
The scientist who proposed the hypothesis of continental drift was:
What was the name of the super continent?
List and explain evidence that supports the hypothesis of continental drift.
sea-floor spreading subduction ocean basin trench rift valley mid-ocean ridge earthquake volcano Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
tectonic plate What causes the plates to move?
State the Theory of Plate Tectonics.
There are ___ kinds of plate boundaries.
convergent boundary -
divergent boundary -
transform boundary -
What happens when .............
a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate?
a continental plate collides with a continental plate?
an oceanic plate collides with an oceanic plate?
Be able to label the 8 major plates.