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PLATE TECTONICS STUDY GUIDE Name: ___________________ REVIEW: STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH DIAGRAM LAYERS OF THE EARTH NOTES SHEET PANGAEA MAP PLATE TECTONIC NOTES SHEET HOW OLD IS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SHEET ALL CLASS NOTES CHAPTER 8 RTNs BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY/DEFINE/DESCRIBE/ EXPLAIN: LIST ALL THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH AND DESCRIBE THE PHYSICAL STATES: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ BE ABLE TO CREATE A DIAGRAM OF THE EARTH’S CRUSTINCLUDE LITHOSPHERE, ASTHENOSPHERE, CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC CRUST: CONTRAST CONTINENTAL VS OCEANIC CRUST; WHICH ONE SUBDUCTS? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ CONTINENTAL DRIFT: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ LIST FIVE PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT ALFRED WEGNER USED TO PROVE HIS CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY: 1) _______________________________________________________________ 2) _______________________________________________________________ 3) _______________________________________________________________ 4) _______________________________________________________________ 5) _______________________________________________________________ WHAT WS THE PROBLEM WITH WEGNER’S THEORY & WHY WASN’T IT ACCEPTED IN 1912? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ WHAT EVIDENCE PROVED CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND LED TO THE MODERN THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS?__________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ PANGAEA: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ SEA FLOOR SPREADING: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ASTHENOSPHERE: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ LITHOSPERE: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ DEFINE: Alfred Wegener -___________________________________________________ Howard Hess- _____________________________________________________ Inge Lehmann- ____________________________________________________ Mid Ocean Ridge- __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Subduction: _______________________________________________________ HOW DOES THE FACT THAT THE AGE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FLOOR IS LESS THAN THE AGE OF THE ATLANTIC COASTLINES PROVE THAT NORTH AMERICA, AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA WERE ONCE ONE LARGE CONTINENT? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _ WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT SINGLE CONTINENT? ______________ DIFFERENT PLATE BOUNDARIES: o Divergent: ____________________________________________________________ o Convergent: ____________________________________________________________ o Transform: ____________________________________________________________ o KNOW THE CHEER! DRAW A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY & DESCRIBE A LOCATION ON EARTH: A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY ON LAND IS CALLED ________________________________ A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN IS CALLED _____________________________________ DRAW A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY: WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TRANSFORM BOUNDARY IN CALIFORNIA? _________________________ LIST AND DRAW THE THREE TYPES OF CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES AND WHERE EACH TYPE IS FOUND: