Plate Tectonics Test Review

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How do scientists know what the Earth’s Interior Structure looks like?

List 3 pieces of evidence to support the Theory of Plate Tectonics/Sea Floor Spreading.

State the type of crust :Relative density:

Relative Thickness:Relative Age :

A versus B

List 3 things that occur along zones of crustal activity and along plate

boundaries?

What is the pressure at a depth of 3,500km?

What is the temperature at a depth of 5,500km?

List 3 features found/formed when Continental Crust converges with

Oceanic Crust:

Describe the plate boundary below and List Features associated with it.

What type of plate boundary is shown below?

List 3 pieces of evidence to prove the seafloor is spreading

Which diagram is drawn correctly?

A B

What happens to the age of the seafloor as you move AWAY from the

Ridge?

Which location is closest to a plate boundary? What type?

Which location is closest to a Hot Spot? Name it.

What causes the plates to move?

What is happening to size of the Atlantic Ocean?

What is happening to size of Pacific Ocean?

Where are Volcanoes most likely to be found?

What type of plate motion creates Trenches?

Locate this plate boundary in the ESRT and name the two plates.

Compare B and C in terms of:Age andTemperature

Where will the next volcano appear?

Which letter represents the Oldest Island?

Why did Alfred Wegner believe the continents were moving (drifting):

List 3 pieces of evidence