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Plate Tectonics study guide
- Tectonic plates that move can cause ____________.
Use the arrows below
- Two plates moving toward each other are called __________ plate boundaries.
- Plates moving in this direction can make _______________.
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- Plates moving away from each other are called ____________ plate boundaries.
- Plates moving in this direction can cause ______________.
Use the arrows below
-Plates sliding past each other are called _________ plate boundaries.
-This plate boundary movement can cause ___________.
Fill in the blanks
-Continental drift explains how ___________ of plants are found in Antarctica.
-A volcano is found where a ___________plate meets a _____________ plate.
Use the picture below
- This is a picture of a _________ _________.
- There is mountain building occurring here because an _________________ plate is
meeting up with a _____________________ plate.
- The _______ plate is denser than the _______ plate. That is why the _______ plate sub
ducts under the __________ plate.
Fill in the blanks
- Two continental plates colliding can create ___________.
- Divergent boundaries can be caused by _________ __________ in the mantle.
- Folding in the crust may occur if two __________ boundaries hit each other and do not
sub duct.
- The upper mantle and the crust also called the ____________, is the layer of the Earth
where tectonic plates are found.
- The first evidence of continental drift was when scientist discovered _________
__________.
- The idea of Pangaea was formed by naturalist _________ ________.
- Uneven heating in the mantle cause _________ __________.
Several review type questions
Read charts, DRYMIX (graphing), what type of graph to use, prediction from a table,
reading a distance time graph.
Convergent boundaries- two plates are colliding. It is here we see
subduction zones. These cause earthquakes, volcanoes, and
mountain building.
Transform boundaries- plates are sliding past each other.
Produces faults. Earthquakes occur along the
faults.
Divergent boundaries- plates are moving apart. (Rift Valleys)
(Solid)
(Solid)
(Like peanut butter)
(Liquid)
(Solid)
Made of nickel
and iron
Lithosphere – made of the crust
and upper mantle.