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Test Review Questions
1. Rocks have alternating patterns of magnetic orientation. This is evidence of…
2. How can we support the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift?
3. List features formed at convergent boundary between ocean and continental crust.
4. What happens to temp., density, pressure as you go deeper into the Earth?
5. What is the temperature at a depth of 3,200km?
6. What is the pressure at a depth of 5,000km?
7. What happens to the thickness of the crust as you move from the East Coast of North America to
the Mid Atlantic Ridge?
8. What happens to the age of the crust as you move from the East Coast of North America to the
Mid Atlantic Ridge?
9. Name the layer of the Earth’s Interior that has a temp. higher than its melting point.
10. Where is the youngest rock found?
11. What plate is the Tasman Hot Spot located on?
12. What is happening to the size of the Atlantic Ocean? Why?
13. What feature forms at Divergent plate boundaries?
14. Why do Trenches form? And What type of plate boundary are they formed at?
15. Which crust is Thicker?
16. Which crust is More Dense?
17. Which crust is Younger?
18. Which crust is Basalt?
19. What plate boundary is located between South America and Africa?
20. What plate boundary is located on the West Coast of South America?
21. How do scientists know what the Earth’s Interior looks like?
22. Where do most volcanoes occur?
23. Draw a divergent boundary and show the convection cells below it. Label the age of the crust.
24. Draw a convergent boundary and show the convection cells below it. Label features found…
25. Explain what a Hot Spot is.
26. What direction is the pacific plate moving?
27. Find 3 hot spots.
28. Why do scientists think the outer core is a liquid?
29. What features form at a continent-continent convergent boundary?
30. What happens at a transform boundary?