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REVIEW GUIDE: Tectonics and Mountain Building
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This test will cover: Chapter 8 and Chapter 11, all notes, labs and homework.
1. Who came up with the theory of Plate Tectonics? What was his evidence?
2. Fill in the chart:
Boundary:
Divergent
Describe the process
What features will you find?
Transform
Convergent
1. ocean-ocean
2. ocean-continent
3. continent-continent
3. Around which geologic features can you find volcanic activity?
4. Label the parts of a convection cell in the diagram below.
Word Bank:
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
Deep sea trench
Mid-ocean ridge
5. What are the characteristics of each of earth’s layers? What is the difference between seafloor
and continental crust (what are they made of and which is more dense)?
6. Illustrate how a hot spot functions. What does it create? How can you tell which way the plate
is moving over the hot spot?
7. What is the difference between an active and passive continental margin? Give examples of
each.
8. What are the three types of folded mountains? Draw and label an example of each, including
where the oldest and youngest layers are. Label which part of the fold is the limb.
9. Make a diagram of the types of mountains that form from uplift of a domed mountain.
10. Fill in the blanks for the Magma Diagram below.
11. Describe the difference between a Batholith and Laccolith.
12. Describe the process of a Water Gap.
13. Name our local…
a) Cuesta
b) Hogbacks
c) Domed mountains
d) Fault-block mountain
e) Stock
f)
g)
h)
i)
Volcano
Folded mountain
Sill
Dike
14. What is the difference between a joint and a fault? Which would be better for rock climbing?
15. Label the parts of a Fault-block mountain: graben, horst, fault scarp 
16. What family of rock would you expect to find in a folded mountain?
Why?
17. Be able to read tectonic maps and identify tectonic boundaries.
18. Be able to use a geologic map to identify a cuesta, hogback, etc. (Hint: Think about which
would show steep angles on each side, equal slopes on each side, or a gradual slope on one side).