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Chapter 6 Study Guide: Plate Tectonics Name: _____________________ Vocabulary: write the definition for the following words convection Seismic waves transform deformation convergent Plate tectonics Tectonic plates Diagram 3 layer of earth and 5 composition layers of earth Answer the following questions: 1. What affects speed of seismic waves? __________________________ 2. What is used fro measuring the movement of tectonic plates? _________________________ 3. What does the core of the earth mainly contain? ____________________________ 4. What are accreted terraines? ____________________________ 5. What is continental drift? ____________________________________________________ Essay:Choose one question to answer the following in 8-10 complete sentences 1. Describe how folded mountain ranges form. 2. Describe the role of the asthenosphere in the movement of tectonic plates. 3. Explain how the major featuresof plate tectonics shaped California’s geology. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________