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Unit 3 Study Guide
Name___________________________
Support the idea of continental drift:
1. The theory that the continents were one time _________________. And over time, the continents drifted
____________.
2. ______________ of plants and animals have been found on other continents that they would normally not
be. Ex. _________________ animal fossils can be found on cold continents and vice versa. Continents also
fit like a _________________.
3. ______________ is the giant land mass made up of the continents all together.
4. What is convection?
Convection is the transfer of ____________ through fluids like gas or liquids.
Support the idea of sea-floor spreading:
5. During sea-floor spreading, new ocean floor is added when _______ molten material _____________.
6. ____________ rocks are pushed to the inside of the ocean floor and old rocks are pushed on the
_________________ of the the ocean floor.
7. __________________________ is the idea the LANDMASSES have moved. ________________ is the
idea the LAND AND the OCEAN FLOORS are moving.
8. Match the three types of plate boundaries with their characteristics:
Convergent _______________
a. Dividing
Divergent ________________
b. Slipping
Transforming _____________
c. Colliding
9. Match the geological features that are most likely to occur at teach type of plate boundary.
Convergent
___________
Divergent ______________
a. Earthquakes
b. Mountains
Unit 3 Study Guide
Transform ___________
Name___________________________
c. volcano
10. T or F: Volcanoes and earthquakes form in similar areas. They are often found on the same plate
boundaries.
True
False
Possible essay/extended response questions:
Explain the process of convection currents in the mantle and predict what would happen if Earth’s core cooled
down in the future.
Explain the ages of rocks along the mid-ocean ridge and beyond.
Explain why studying the paleomagnetism of the ocean floor provides evidence for sea-floor spreading.
Explain how temperature and density are two factors that influence convection currents.
Explain how the Pacific Ocean can be shrinking but the Atlantic Ocean is expanding.