Plate Tectonics Review

What type of plate boundary is associated with subduction?

Plate tectonics is the theory that sections of the Earth's lithospheric plates ________.

What type of plate boundary is represented in this diagram?

Scientists who study the forces that make & shape the Earth are called ___.

An area where magma melts through the crust in the middle of a plate is known as a ____.

A geologic feature (landform) that forms as a result of subduction is a ____.

What type of plate boundary is represented in this diagram?

Look at the pic. Identify the type(s) of material through which P Waves can travel.

The movement of lithospheric plates is best explained today using the ____.

Scientists first rejected the idea of Continental Drift because it did not ____.

When fluids are heated, they become ____.

P waves are called ____ & S waves are called ____.

What is responsible for volcanoes & earthquakes occuring along the rim of the Pacific Ocean?

Refraction occurs when seismic waves move from one medium to another & they change their ____.

The Himalayan Mountains were formed by _________.

Continental crust consists mainly of ____.

What type of fold is shown in this diagram?

Look at the pic. Identify the type(s) of material through which S Waves can travel.

What is the result of oceanic lithosphere and continental lithosphere colliding?

The energy source for convection currents within the Earth's mantle is ___.

An instrument used to measure and record ground movements during an earthquake is called a _.

The process by which the ocean floor returns to the Earth's interior & is melted is called __.

Which layer of Earth is made of high temperature, liquid iron & nickel?

Which seismic waves reach a seismic station on the Earth's surface first?

Lithosphere is mostly destroyed at which type of plate boundary?

During convection within the mantle, cooler, more dense molten rock ____.

The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus is called the _____.

At a divergent plate boundary, one plate moves ____________ another plate.

Why are there so many earthquakes in the state of California?

Plates that grind horizontally past each other (opposite directions) occur at ____ boundaries.

What type of fault is shown in this diagram?

The process that adds NEW lithosphere to the ocean floor is called _____.

Use the pic to identify type of plate movement occuring above the convection currents shown.

Who first proposed the theory of Continental Drift in 1915?

The word "lithosphere" is used to refer to which regions of the Earth?

Which of the following are MOST likely to occur at a transform plate boundary?

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of a landform that forms along a _______ plate boundary.

Which of the following is not a piece of evidence to support the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

Continental drift is the idea that

Scientific evidence suggests that the Earth is ______ of years old.

Most earthquakes occur ________.

Continent to Continent collision is taking place at the _____.

What type of fault is shown in the diagram?

What is the process or force that powers the movement of lithospheric plates?

What term is used to refer to molten rock beneath the Earth's surface?

What type of plate boundary is represented in this diagram?

Oceanic crust is ____ than continental crust.

The Earth's lithospheric plates move at speeds that average ______________.