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Plate Tectonics Test Review
1) Label the layers of the Earth.
A. ___________________________________________
B. ___________________________________________
C. ___________________________________________
D. ___________________________________________
2) Describe oceanic crust. ____________________________________________________________________
3) Describe continental crust. _________________________________________________________________
4) Why is oceanic crust younger than continental crust? _______________________________________
5) Describe the mantle. ______________________________________________________________________
6) Describe the outer core. ___________________________________________________________________
7) Describe the inner core. ___________________________________________________________________
8) Define geology. ___________________________________________________________________________
9) Who is considered to be the father of Geology? ________________________________
10) What is the idea of uniformitarianism? ______________________________________________________
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11) What is the idea of catastrophism? _________________________________________________________
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12) What is radiometric dating? ________________________________________________________________
13) What is a half-life? _________________________________________________________________________
14) Who first had the idea that the continents were once joined together? ______________________
15) Who is famous for the theory of continental drift? __________________________________
16) What is the Theory of Continental Drift? _____________________________________________________
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17) What is Pangaea? _________________________________________________________________________
18) What are the lines of evidence that Pangaea once existed?
A. _____________________________________________________
B. ______________________________________________________
C. ______________________________________________________
19) Why was Alfred Wegener’s idea of continental drift not taken seriously when he first published
his book in 1912? __________________________________________________________________________
20) What did Harry Hess do? ___________________________________________________________________
21) Describe sea floor spreading. ______________________________________________________________
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22) What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics? ______________________________________________________
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23) What drives plate tectonic movement? ____________________________________________________
24) What are the lines of evidence for the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
A. ______________________________________ C. _______________________________________
B. ______________________________________ D. _______________________________________
25) List the types of plate boundaries and draw the movement of each in the spaces below.
Match the number with the correct tectonic plate from the diagram.
26) ___________ Antarctic
27) ___________Pacific
28) ___________ North American
29) ___________ Eurasian
30) ___________ African
31) ___________ Australian
32) ___________ South American
Name the type of plate boundary at which each of the following happen:
33) Mid-ocean ridges: ___________________________
34) Inland volcanic mountain ranges:____________________________________________
35) Granite Mountain Ranges: __________________________________________________
36) Deep ocean Trench: ______________________________________________________
37) Earthquakes: _________________________________
38) Where do most volcanoes happen, near convergent or divergent boundaries? ______________
39) What is the “ring of fire”? ___________________________________________________________________
40) What is a hot spot? ________________________________________________________________________
41) What is a supervolcano? ___________________________________________________________________
42) Give an example of a volcano caused by a hot spot. ______________________________________
43) What are 2 warning signs of volcanic eruptions? ____________________________________________
44) List and draw the three types of earthquake faults in the spaces below.
45) What is the focus of an earthquake? _______________________________________________________
46) What is the epicenter of an earthquake? ___________________________________________________
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47) Which earthquake waves have the following results?
A. Travel fastest: __________________________________
B. Do the most damage: ________________________________
C. Move rock side-to-side: _______________________
D. Travel only through solids: __________________________
E. Move rock in a circle: _________________________
F. Travel through liquids, solids and gases: ___________________________________
48) On a scale of 1-10, how accurate are scientists at predicting Earthquakes? __________
49) On a scale of 1-10, how accurate are scientists at predicting Volcanoes? _________
Use the latitude and longitude on the map to answer the following questions. Tell if each location
would produce a CONVERGENT, DIVERGENT, OR HOT SPOT volcano.
+ Latitude equals north
- latitude equals south
+ Longitude equals east
- longitude equals west
50) What kind of volcano would be found at 50° N and 150° W? _____________________________
51) What kind of volcano would be found at 40° N and 110° W? _____________________________
52) What kind of volcano would be
found at 50° N 30° W?
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53) What kind of volcano would be
found at 40° N 150° E?
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