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Pre-Test
1. What type of boundary is seafloor spreading? __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
2. One word difference between meridian and longitude? __ __ __ __ __ __ __
3. Label the three types of tectonic boundaries:
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 ___________________ ____________________
4. What hemispheres do the Prime Meridian and IDL separate? ___________and ____________
5. What drives plate tectonics? (hint: type of heat transfer) ____________________________
6. Label Earth’s layers in order from thickest (1) to thinnest (4) (number 1 through 4).
____Outer Core
____Inner Core
____Mantle
____Crust
7. 225 million years ago the Earth had one giant landmass called __ __ __ __ __ __ __
8. The theory that this landmass split apart is __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
9. Evidence used to support CD theory _______________________
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10. What is the longitude of the International Date Line (IDL)? __ __ __
11. What are the two types of crust? _____________________ and _____________________
12. One plate sliding down under another plate is called _______________________________
13. What is the hottest region in the Earth? __ __ __ __
14. Two plates pulling apart on the seafloor is called _______________ _________________
15. Surface feature with a deep mantle source _______ ________
16. What latitude divides the northern and southern hemispheres? ___
17. What is the name of zero degrees latitude? _______________________
18. What layer is responsible for the Earth’s magnetic field? _____________________________
19. What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault? _________________________________
20. What is the study of how matter deforms and flows? _______________________________