Plate Tectonics Review

Which layer of the earth do the plates "float" atop? 

Where does seafloor spreading take place?

The San Andreas Fault is an example of what type of plate boundary?

What was used to map the earth's interior?

Why is the mantle more dense than the crust?

What process causes the tectonic plates to move?

What type of land form is produced from a normal fault?

At which type of boundary does ridge push occur?

What type of plate boundary is shown here?

Which layer of the earth is the hottest and is made of solid metal?

What did Alfred Wegener name the super-continent? 

What type of stress results from being pulled?

Evidence for seafloor spreading came from:

Seismic waves travel at different speeds through earth because of...

Which of the following does not provide evidence for continental drift?

What process forms new ocean crust?

What type of plate boundary is highlighted in yellow?

What type of plate boundary is highlighted in red?

What is occurring in this picture?

Which of the following did not help to lead to the theory of sea floor spreading?

Which type of fault does the hanging wall move upward relative to the foot wall?

Which type of plate boundary is pulling apart?

What type of plate boundary is shown here?

A possible result of plates sliding at a transform boundary is

Tectonic plates consist of...

What type of land-form results from divergence on continental crust? 

What is true about temperature and pressure as depth increases into Earth?

What type of plate boundary is shown here?

Ocean crust colliding with ocean crust forms what land-form(s)?

What type of stress results from a convergent boundary?

What type of boundary makes up most of the Ring of Fire?

What type of fault occurs from tension stress?

Which layer of the earth includes the crust and the upper part of the mantle?

What is the theory proposed by Alfred Wegener stating all the continents were joined?

This layer of the earth is mostly composed of iron.