Review Sheet Chapter 8-regs

REVIEW SHEET Name:_____________________________________Chapter 8***You may turn in your review sheet in your own handwriting for 3extra credit points on the test…BEFORE you take the test!!! ***Vocabulary Words: plate tectonics, continental drift, mid-ocean ridge,divergent boundary, rift valleys, convergent boundary, subduction boundary,deep-sea trench, collision boundary, transform boundary, mantleconvections, ridge push, slab pull, Pangaea, craton, terrane!Know the 7 major plates and where they are located on the world map:Eurasian, Indian-Australian, Antarctic, Pacific, North American, SouthAmerican, African1. Write a description of Earth’s lithospheric plates:2. The theory of plate tectonics states that you would find a lot of_________________ and ____________________ at plate boundaries.3. What is the difference between magma and lava?4. What happens to the age of the sea-floor rocks as you get farther awayfrom a mid-ocean ridge?5. What are the differences between convergent, divergent, and transformboundaries?6. What is a fault?7. What is subduction, and what type of plate boundary causes it tohappen?8. Where do volcanoes tend to form and what is that area called?9. What is the main force that causes the movement of the plates?10. What are the other 2 forces that help cause the movement of the plates?11. Describe the break-up of Pangaea:12. What is the Mohorovicic discontinuity? (Moho)13. Describe the differences between the asthenosphere and lithosphere andtell where each is located:14. What is a convection current in relation to the Earth’s mantle?15. On what type of plate boundary is the San Andreas fault located?16. What is caused by faulting?17. What evidence supports the theory of Plate Tectonics?18. When two plates converge, what determines which one will besubducted?19. Describe the process of sea-floor spreading, and tell where it takesplace:

BE ABLE TO LABEL THE DIAGRAM BELOW: In notes and book!20. The inner core is SOLID/LIQUID and the outer core isSOLID/LIQUID. (circle correct answers!)21. When was the theory of plate tectonics developed?22. Who proposed the theory of continental drift?23. What type of landform will be formed at a divergent boundary of 2continental plates? Example:24. What type of landform will for at a convergent boundary of 2oceanic plates?Example:25. List an example of a volcanic mountain range:26. List an example of a folded mountain:27. The Himalayas were formed at a _____________________boundary.28. How many physiographic provinces does VA have?29. The coastal plain runs from the _________________ on the West tothe ______________________ on the East.30. What is the Fall Line?31. Which province holds the oldest rocks in VA?32. Which province is the largest?33. How were the Appalachian Mountains formed?34. What is Karst Topography and in which province is it found?35. Most of VA’s ________________ is found in the AppalachianPlateau.36. About how long is VA’s tectonic and geologic history?37. At which type of boundary is plate material destroyed?38. At which type of boundary is plate material created?