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Name: ___________________________________ Structure of the Earth and Plate Tectonics – Study Guide 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 The layer of the Earth made up of the rocks basalt and granite List the layers of the earth starting at the surface and moving towards the center Describe Earth’s mantle Describe Earth’s inner core Where do convection currents flow in Earth’s layers? What does Earth’s spinning inner core create? What happens to temperature and pressure as depth beneath Earth’s surface increases How is heat transferred beneath Earth’s surface What will happen to convection currents beneath Earth’s surface as the core cools? Describe what Wegner’s Continental Drift theory says about the plate motion. The term used to describe where ocean floor sinks into a deep ocean trench. What is Pangaea? Where does molten material rise from the mantle? What do we call ancient organisms that are preserved in rock? What is a mid-ocean ridge? List three types of evidence that Wegener used to support his theory. 17 Why was Wegener’s theory rejected by most people? 18 What is the source of the energy which causes Earth’s plates to move? 19 At what type of boundary does a rift valley form? 20 What is the theory that states that Earth’s plates are in constant motion? 21 What is the name of the boundary where two plates collide? 22 What landforms are made where two continental plates converge? 23 What is the name of the boundary type where two plates slide past each other? 24 What landform is made where two continental plates diverge? 25 How did Wegener decide on the name for the land mass when all continents were once joined together? 26 What is the name of the theory that states all continents where once joined together but have since drifted to their present positions? 27 What do we call the sections of the lithosphere that float on top of the asthenosphere? 28 What is the name of the boundary where oceanic plates 1. 2. 3. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 sink under a continental plate? What is the name of the process where new oceanic crust is formed? What is most likely to occur at a transform boundary? Why does oceanic crust subduct under continental crust? What is most likely to form at and oceanic-continental boundary? At which type of boundary do Island Arches form? What is most likely to form at a continental-continental boundary? Earth’s inner core is found inside which of Earth’s layers? In which of Earth’s layers would the pressure be the greatest? The asthenosphere is part of which of Earth’s layers? Which of Earth’s layers is the thickest? 39. What type of plate boundary is occurring in diagram A? a. convergent b. divergent c. transform 40. What type of plate boundary is occurring in diagram B? a. convergent b. divergent A B C c. transform 41. What type of plate boundary is occurring in diagram A? a. convergent b. transform c. divergent 42. What type of plate boundary is occurring in diagram C? a. convergent b. transform c. divergent