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EARTH SYSTEMS STAAR
REVIEW
PLATE TECTONICS
The current theory of plate tectonics is that
the Earth’s crust is divided into around 12 large
plates that move around on top of the plastic
like layer of the asthenosphere.
What is the force behind the movement of plates?
QUESTIONS FOR WORLD PLATE MAP:
• 1. What type of boundary is between the North
American and Eurasian Plate and explain how it
forms?
• 2. What type of boundary is between the Nazca and
South American plate and explain how it forms?
QUESTIONS FOR A-D
1. Which two pictures are of convergent boundaries?
2. What type of landform can be formed at A?
3. What type of landform can be formed at B?
4. What type of boundary is C?
5. What type of landform can be formed at C?
6. What type of boundary is D?
7. What type of landform can be formed at D?
8. What type of natural disaster could happen at D?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkELENdZukI
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
As a class, discuss the answers to questions 1-5 on
the topographic map worksheet.
What would the shape of the coastline look like after
hundreds of years of erosion by ocean waves?
THE SUN’S ENERGY
- What provides the energy that drives convection
within the atmosphere and oceans, producing wind
and ocean currents?
-What causes ocean surface currents?
-What causes deep water ocean currents?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUU69ParFM
WEATHER MAPS
What type of front is moving through Georgia, South
Carolina, and North Carolina?
What type of weather is Texas experiencing?
What type of pressure system is in Michigan?
What type of weather would Michigan be experiencing?
Which direction is the warm front north of New York and
Maine moving?