Earth Science Final Review

The surfaces along which the plates slide are called transform faults or _____ faults.

What eventually forms at divergent plate boundaries when continents split apart?

Before the formation of the Rocky Mountains, ____________________ dominated the grasslands.

How could you tell if there was hydrogen sulfide in the air?

In subduction, the dense oceanic plates sink below the thick continental plates.

As the plates move apart, melting in the mantle generates ___ that migrates up the boundary.

Scientists believe that in several million years, the Red Sea will become narrower

Primitive continental crust is formed by ___________ that is localized above subduction zones.

Which of these is an example of land subsidence changes?

In what direction do plates move at convergent plate boundaries?

The Arctic climate is known for its ____ winters and ____ summers.

Earth’s rigid crust is about ____ kilometers thick below the oceans.

How long has it taken the Atlantic Ocean basin to grow to its present size?

In addition to forming mountains, tectonic movements also:

Earth’s rigid crust is about 50 km thick beneath the ____________________.

The North American plate includes all of the North American continent and:

The movements of plates is localized along plate boundaries.

If two plates collide, the younger of the two plates sinks below the other.

Most mountains are part of a ____________________ or long belt of mountains.

The Antarctic ice cap is believed to be up to _____ kilometers thick.

On average, how fast do plates move?

Volcanic ash from a stratovolcano can rain down as far as _____ of kilometers away.

Shield volcano vent eruptions tend to be:

Earth’s highest mountains form where plate convergence causes _______to collide.

Where is the Canadian Shield?

The Canadian Shield is characterized by:

The Richter scale ranges from:

The continental plates are constantly moving, but the oceanic plates are not.

The San Andreas fault is the boundary between which two plates?

Mountains are inherently unstable landforms, because ___________constantly works to lower them.

The size and location of landmasses directly influence physical environments.

The collision of the Indian continent with Eurasia has produced:

What percentage of Earth’s surface is covered by water?

Large continents are gradually assembled out of many smaller pieces of lighter crust.

The Arctic and Antarctic are known for their _____ conditions.

The Olympic Mountains rise up along the west coast of:

If you include the height from the ocean floor to sea level, what is the tallest mountain?

Water can exist as a solid, liquid, and gas at or near its surface on which planets?

Plates move very slowly.

What happens at a divergent plate boundary?