Final Review 2018 Plate Tectonics

Which type of crust is denser?

Which type of plate boundary created the Himalayas?

What type of surface features would we find at this boundary?

Why is Alfred Wegener important to geology?

At Wegener's time, what evidence was NOT available to support the Theory of Continental Drift?

What geologic event is occurring at this mid-ocean ridge?

The Cascade Mountains are a chain of volcanic mountains at this type of plate boundary:

In which layer of the Earth are the convection currents responsible for plate tectonics?

What type of plate boundary is shown below?

The layer of the Earth that contains the crust and uppermost mantle.

Who was the scientist who discovered seafloor spreading, part of the "how" of plate tectonics?

Which type of plate boundary is pictured below?

What geologic activity was discovered using SONAR to map the sea floor of the Pacific Ocean?

Which surface feature is found on the Earth at a transform boundary?

What surface feature is found at a divergent boundary?

Name the type of plate boundary shown in the picture.

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

At a convergent plate boundary, what forms when an oceanic plate moves under another plate?