Name: ________________________________________________________ Period: ____________ Plate Tectonics and Earth Layers Study Guide Vocabulary: Plate Tectonics: __________________________________________________________________ Stress: __________________________________________________________________________ Deformation: _____________________________________________________________________ Uplift: __________________________________________________________________________ Volcano: ________________________________________________________________________ Earthquake: ______________________________________________________________________ Epicenter: _______________________________________________________________________ Focus: __________________________________________________________________________ Seismogram: _____________________________________________________________________ Earth Layers: Label each layer of the diagram of Earth: Mantle, Lithosphere, Inner Core, Outer Draw and label an arrow showing what happens to temp, pressure, and density in the Earth. Label whether each layer is a solid or liquid. Draw the process of that moves the plates on the lithosphere in the correct layer. This process is called: _____________________________ What does it mean for a layer to be “plastic”? _____________________ What does it mean for a layer to be “brittle”? ______________________ Plate Tectonics: What is the Hypothesis of Continental Drift? _____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ List 3 pieces of evidence for this hypothesis” 1. 2. 3. What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics? ________________________________________________ What are the 3 types of plate boundaries AND their definition? 1. 2. 3. Mountain Building: What are the three types of mountains AND the process by which they are formed? 1. 2. 3. Volcanoes: What is the difference between magma and lava? _________________________________________ Fill in the table about the landforms created from volcanoes: Landform Description Drawing Where it happens Describe how volcanoes form at divergent boundaries? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Describe how volcanoes form at convergent boundaries? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Earthquakes: What are seismic waves? ________________________________________________________________________________ What are the 3 types of seismic waves AND their definition AND where they can travel through: 1. 2. 3. Draw these types of waves: How are seismic waves measured? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ What is triangulation? ________________________________________________________________________ Circle the epicenter on the map below: What is the difference between measuring an earthquake with magnitude and intensity? ______________________________________________________________________________________
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