Plate Tectonics Study Guide

1. KNOW ALL WORDS DEFINED IN YOUR NOTES!
2. LOOK OVER ALL WORKSHEETS DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS UNIT!!
3. Be able to list and describe the layers of the Earth.
4. Name the two types of crust and how they are different.
5. Use “fancy” layers to describe how the crust and mantle are related.
6. What is the difference between the two layers of the mantle?
7. What is the difference between the two layers of the core?
8. Be able to label a diagram of the layers of the Earth.
9. What is the difference between the three types of heat transfer?
10. How is each type of heat transfer occurring on Earth?
11. What sets convection into motion in the Earth?
12. Describe a brief history of Alfred Wagener and his theory.
13. Explain what three pieces of evidence Wagener used to prove his theory.
14. What is Pangaea and when did it exist?
15. Why was Wagener’s hypothesis rejected?
16. HOW did the continents drift apart? What process moved them?
17. Describe the steps in this process. Where does this process occur?
18. How does the polarity of the Earth’s magnetic field play a part in continental drift?
19. Describe how the Law of Conservation of Matter is used in continental drift.
20. Explain in your own words the theory of plate tectonics.
21. How do the plates move?
22. Describe the three plate boundaries and what landforms are created at each.
23. Compare and contrast the three types of convergent plate boundaries.