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Review Sheet on Plate Tectonics
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Name _______________________ Section ______ Date ____________
Identify the type of boundary shown in each diagram in Figure 1
What kind of plate boundaries are formed when convection forces material upward? ________________
3. What kind of plate boundaries are formed when convection forces material downward? ________________
4. Use Figure 3 and list of terms to complete the paragraph. You may use some terms more than once. You
may not need to use all the terms listed.
5. Name 5 features of the earth that are formed by the movement of lithospheric plates.
6. The theory of Plate Tectonics replaced the theory of ______________________________________
Choose the type of plate boundary in Column B that best matches each description in Column A.
Column A
_____ 8. The Pacific plate is sliding past the North
American plate along the San Andreas fault
In the southwestern United States.
_____ 9. The Pacific plate is sliding under the South
American plate, creating the Andes
Mountains.
Column B
a. divergent boundaries
b. transform boundaries
c. oceanic/oceanic collisions
_____10. The Indian plate is pushing into the Eurasion plate,
creating the Himalayan Mountains.
_____ 11. The African plate is moving away from the South
American plate.
d. continental/oceanic collisions
e. continental/continental collisions
_____ 12. The Pacific plate is sliding under the oceanic crust
of Japan, forming an island area.
13. Folded mountains usually form at the edge of a tectonic plate. How can you explain old folded mountain
ranges located in the middle of a tectonic plate?
14. List the steps in the sequence of what happened to form the Appalachian Mountains found in Pennsylvania.
15. What are the three types of Mountains?