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Name ______________________________ Class ___________________ Date __________________ Study Guide Chapter 4 Earth Science Plate Tectonics 1.What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?. 2.What is the liquid layer of the Earth’s core called? 3.What type of fault usually occurs because of tension? 4.What type of fault usually occurs because of compression? 5.In a reverse fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall? 6.In a normal fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall? 7.What kind of force can lead to mountains with sharp, jagged peaks? 8.What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called? 9.What type of boundary is formed when plates collide? 10.What type of boundary is formed when plates separate? 11.What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other? 12. List the evidence for continental drift? Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor. Holt Science and Technology 51 Plate Tectonics Name ______________________________ Class ___________________ Date __________________ 13. According to the continental drift theory, a single, huge continent once existed called: 14.Where does sea-floor spreading take place? TERMS AND DEFINITIONS magma 15.Used to measure the movement of tectonic plates 16.Hardens to form new rock at mid-ocean ridges 17.Used to measure the density of the Earth’s layers seismograph global positioning.system 18.Used as evidence for continental drift 19.Used as evidence for sea-floor spreading fossils rift zones 20.Stress that squeezes a rock layer 21.The raising of a rock layer magnetic reversal 22.Stress that stretches a rock layer subsidence 23.The sinking of a rock layer uplift compression tension Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor. Holt Science and Technology 52 Plate Tectonics