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Name__________________________________
Period_________
Module 4 Study Guide
Due on Test Day: 12/7
Vocabulary
1. Reversal Time Scale
2. Theory of Plate Tectonics
3. Accretion
4. Rift
5. Panthalassa
6. Supercontinent Cycle
7. Laurasia
8. Asthenosphere
9. Isostasy
10. Reverse Fault
11. Ductile
12. Subduction
13. Syncline
14. Epicenter
15. Foreshock
16. Caldera
17. Batholiths
Matching
___ 18. Dome Mtn
___ 19. Plateau
___ 20. Volcanic Mtn
___ 21. Fault-Block Mtn
___ 22. Folded Mtn
28. Composite volcanoes are also known as
__________________.
29. S Waves are also known as
________________.
30. First motion of an earthquake occurs at the
____________.
31. The fastest earthquake waves are
_____________.
32. The Himalaya Mountains are at a
_____________ boundary.
33. At the center of a mid ocean ridge is a
__________ valley.
34. Deep trenches form at _____________
boundaries.
a. flat top
b. after an
earthquake
c. Magma, no
eruption
d.
Ocean/continental, eruption
e. on a fault line
Illustrate
Draw each type of boundary:
23. Convergent
35. The force at the leading edge of a
subduction plate is _______________.
36. The oldest layer of an anticline fold is
located in the ___________ of the fold.
37. Sloping sides of a fold are called
____________.
38. A modern seismograph consists of
_________ sensing devices.
Short Answer
39. What causes Tsunamis?
24. Divergent
25. Transform
40. How was Wegner’s Theory of Continental
Drift finally confirmed?
Fill in the Blank
41. How long ago did Pangea start to break
apart?
26. ___________ is rich in feldspar & silica; light
in color.
27. ___________ is rich in magnesium & iron.
42. Where (in Earth’s layers) do isostatic
adjustments occur?