Title: ___Earth Science: Plate Tectonics Date: Mar. 2-3, 2016

Title: ___Earth Science: Plate Tectonics_ Date: Mar. 2-3, 2016 What is continental drift theory? (p. 392)

Who proposed this idea? (p. 392)

Name of the Name Draw Picture- supercontinent (p.392)

What evidence 1. ______supported this 2. ______theory? (p. 394) 3. ______4. ______5. ______Explain seafloor spreading (p. 397)

Name of scientist who proposed this idea Where are the youngest rocks/oldest rocks? Label

Label & Define p. 400  Continental crust  Oceanic crust  Lithosphere  Asthenosphere  Upper mantle

Which is thicker Explain why continental or oceanic crust?

Plate Boundaries Boundary Name: p. 401-404 How does it move: Title: ___Earth Science: Plate Tectonics_ Date: Mar. 2-3, 2016

What does it form:

Explain a subduction zone p. 402 & 404

What causes plate Draw an illustration: tectonics? p. 405

What happens when seismic energy is released as rocks in Earth’s crust break and move? p. 406 Features caused by Feature Example Plate tectonics 1. p. 406-408 2. Mid-ocean ridge 3. 4. 5. San Andreas Fault Explain the difference between folding and faulting p. 407 Title: ___Earth Science: Plate Tectonics_ Date: Mar. 2-3, 2016 Concept Map p. 417 Make an events chain concept map that describes seafloor spreading along a divergent plate boundary. Choose from the following phrases: magma cools to form new seafloor, convection currents circulate hot material along divergent boundary and older seafloor is forced apart.

Review Questions: 1.______p. 416 2. ______Answer the review multiple choice 3. ______questions. We will 4. ______grade this together in class for a QUIZ 5. ______grade!!! 6. ______7. ______8. ______9. ______10. ______Earthquakes What is an earthquake? p. 420

Fault Types Draw Name Describe arrows Title: ___Earth Science: Plate Tectonics_ Date: Mar. 2-3, 2016

Label Diagram p. 422  Focus  Epicenter  Fault  Surface waves o S-waves  Primary and secondary wave o P-waves

Difference between epicenter and focus. p. 422

3 types of seismic 1. 2. 3. waves and each’s Name movement ______p. 423 Describe movement Which type of waves are the most destructive & why. p. 423 Scientist who studies earthquakes. p. 423 Which of these A. B. C. seismographs readings is the strongest? Name of the scale used to measure earthquakes p. 424 What is a tsunami? p. 425 Are earthquake predications reliable? Why or Why not? p. 428 What is a volcano? p. 429 What causes 1. ______Title: ___Earth Science: Plate Tectonics_ Date: Mar. 2-3, 2016 volcanoes? 2. ______p.437-438 3. ______

Most seismically and volcanically active ______location is the world in known as… p. 439