Download Chapter 6 Study Guide:​ ​Plate Tectonics Name: Vocabulary: write

Chapter 6 Study Guide:​ ​Plate Tectonics
Name: _____________________
Vocabulary: write the definition for the following words
convection
Seismic waves
transform
deformation
convergent
Plate tectonics
Tectonic plates
Diagram 3 layer of earth and 5 composition layers of earth
Answer the following questions:
1. What affects speed of seismic waves?
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2. What is used fro measuring the movement of tectonic plates?
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3. What does the core of the earth mainly contain?
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4. What are accreted terraines? ____________________________
5. What is continental drift?
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Essay:Choose one question to answer the following in 8-10 complete sentences
1. Describe how folded mountain ranges form.
2. Describe the role of the asthenosphere in the movement of tectonic plates.
3. Explain how the major featuresof plate tectonics shaped California’s geology.
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