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Study Guide Chapter 4 Earth
Science
Plate Tectonics
1.What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?.
2.What is the liquid layer of the Earth’s core called?
3.What type of fault usually occurs because of tension?
4.What type of fault usually occurs because of compression?
5.In a reverse fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?
6.In a normal fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?
7.What kind of force can lead to mountains with sharp, jagged peaks?
8.What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?
9.What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?
10.What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?
11.What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?
12. List the evidence for continental drift?
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13. According to the continental drift theory, a single, huge continent once existed
called:
14.Where does sea-floor spreading take place?
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
magma
15.Used to measure the movement of tectonic plates
16.Hardens to form new rock at mid-ocean ridges
17.Used to measure the density of the Earth’s layers
seismograph
global positioning.system
18.Used as evidence for continental drift
19.Used as evidence for sea-floor spreading
fossils
rift zones
20.Stress that squeezes a rock layer
21.The raising of a rock layer
magnetic reversal
22.Stress that stretches a rock layer
subsidence
23.The sinking of a rock layer
uplift
compression
tension
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