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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:
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LIST ALL THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH AND DESCRIBE THE
PHYSICAL STATES:
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BE ABLE TO CREATE A DIAGRAM OF THE EARTH’S CRUSTINCLUDE LITHOSPHERE, ASTHENOSPHERE, CONTINENTAL AND
OCEANIC CRUST:
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CONTRAST CONTINENTAL VS OCEANIC CRUST; WHICH ONE
SUBDUCTS?
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 CONTINENTAL DRIFT:
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LIST FIVE PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT ALFRED WEGNER USED TO
PROVE HIS CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY:
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WHAT WS THE PROBLEM WITH WEGNER’S THEORY & WHY
WASN’T IT ACCEPTED IN 1912?
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WHAT EVIDENCE PROVED CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND LED TO
THE MODERN THEORY OF PLATE
TECTONICS?__________________________________________________
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PANGAEA:
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SEA FLOOR SPREADING:
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ASTHENOSPHERE:
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LITHOSPERE:
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DEFINE:
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Alfred Wegener -___________________________________________________
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Howard Hess- _____________________________________________________
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Inge Lehmann- ____________________________________________________
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Mid Ocean Ridge- __________________________________________________
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Subduction: _______________________________________________________
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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?
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT SINGLE CONTINENT? ______________
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DIFFERENT PLATE BOUNDARIES:
o Divergent:
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o Convergent:
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o Transform:
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o KNOW THE CHEER!
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DRAW A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY & DESCRIBE A
LOCATION ON EARTH:
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A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY ON LAND IS CALLED
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A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN IS
CALLED _____________________________________
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DRAW A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY:
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TRANSFORM BOUNDARY IN
CALIFORNIA? _________________________
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LIST AND DRAW THE THREE TYPES OF CONVERGENT
BOUNDARIES AND WHERE EACH TYPE IS FOUND: