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Chapter 8-10 Review Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Vocabulary
Plate Tectonics
Alfred Wegener
Plate Boundaries
Continental Plate
Transform fault
Craton
Lithosphere
Volcano
Aa
Shield cone
Cinder cone
Focus
Laccolith
P-wave
Tsunami
Richter Scale
Asthenosphere
Ocean Plate
Mesosaurus
Diverging Boundary
Sliding Boundary
Harry Hess
Pangaea
Vent
mafic
Sill
Crater
Mantle
Volcanic neck
S-wave L-wave
Epicenter
Inner Core
Pacific Ring of Fire
Theory of Sea Floor Spreading
Converging Boundary
Collision Boundary
Subduction Boundary
Convection Current
Ship Rock New Mexico
Pyroclastic flow
Mt. St. Helens
Eldfell
Elastic Rebound Theory
Seismology
Earthquake
Seismograph
San Andreas Fault
Hot spot
Batholith
Crater Lake
caldera
magma
Pluton
felsic
Tephra
Dike
Outer Core
Pahoehoe
Seismologist
Seismogram
Fault
Crust
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Describe the relative motions of plates.
Be able to list & explain Wegener’s evidence for continental drift.
Describe the relationship between volcanoes, earthquakes, & plate boundaries.
List & describe evidence for the theory of Sea Floor Spreading.
Explain convection currents & how they are related to density.
List plate boundary information by: plate type (O-O, O-C, C-C); formations that are made
there; plate names involved; & specific examples around the world.
7. List some sources of material for continental growth.
8. How do coal deposits in Antarctica provide evidence for plate tectonics?
9. Name the 3 most abundant gases found in magma.
10. Be able to compare & contrast the characteristics of felsic & mafic magmas.
11. Be able to label all plutons.
12. Know how to use a time-travel graph.
13. How many seismograph stations are needed to locate an Earthquake?
14. Compare & contrast P, L, & S waves.
15. What are the 3 forces rock experiences.
16. What type of Earthquakes cause the most damage?