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Plate Tectonics Study Guide
1.
Draw a model and label the layers of the earth. (not including the lithosphere/asthenosphere)
2.
Which layer of the earth has the most volume?
3.
What are the 3 types of rocks and give an example of each one?
Type
Example
4.
Which type of rock is made from magma?
5.
Which type of rock is made from lava? (be specific)
6.
Hawaii is made from a rock called basalt. What type of rock is basalt?
7.
Vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden release of energy, usually as a result of the movement
of rocks along a fault is known as a(n):
8.
A person that studies earthquakes is called a(n):
9.
Which type of seismic wave reaches the epicenter first?
10. The spot directly on the earth's surface above the origin of an earthquake is known as the:
11. The area where the Juan de Fuca Plate slides below the North American Plate is known as the:
12. What event provides scientist the waves to study the interior of the earth?
13. In general, where do most volcanoes and earthquakes occur throughout the world? In the Ring of
Fire and everywhere else on our planet.
14. The earth's surface is made of which two different types of crusts?
15. Which type of crust is denser?
16. Which type of crust is thinner?
17. Name 5 of the main tectonic plates.
18. In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean there is a divergent plate boundary. This line that goes from
north of Iceland to the Antarctic is known as the:
19. When an oceanic plates slides below a continental plate, the oceanic plate bends downward. This
creates what type of structure at the edge of the plate boundary?
20. What process drives plate tectonics below the earth's surface?
21. What is the name of the plate boundary where two plates are moving apart from each other?
22. What is the name of the plate boundary where two plates are colliding and one is diving below the
other?
23. What is the name of the plate boundary where two plates are moving side by side?
24. Who is known as the “Father of Plate Tectonics?”
25. Use arrows and label the different seismic waves on the following seismograph.
26. Be able to identify on a map the following locations:
E MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
27. Which type of rock incorporates deposition, compaction, and cementation?
28. What the 3 types of earthquakes the Pacific Northwest can have?
29. What the 4 main pieces of evidence that led scientist to identify the Jan 26, 1700 date for the last
megathrust earthquake to hit Washington?