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    TectonicPlatesTestStudyGuide

    WeatheringandErosion
    1.Whatisthedifferencebetweenweatheringanderosion?

    2.Giveanexampleofchemicalandphysicalweathering.

    3.Whatarethefouragentsoferosion?

    TectonicPlates
    1.Describethedifferencebetweenthecrust,mantle,andcore.

    2.Howistheinnercoredifferentfromtheoutercore?

    3.Describethedifferencebetweentheasthenosphereandthelithosphere.

    4.Describewhattypesofplatesareinvolvedatasubductionzoneanddescribewhatwould mostlikelyformthere.

    5.Describetheplatemotionandeventsthatwouldusuallyoccuratatransformboundary.

    6.Describehowmountainsareformed.

    7.Describewhathappensatadivergentboundaryonlandandintheocean.

    8.Whatcausesthetectonicplatestomove?

    9.WhatarethethreemainpiecesofevidencethatwereusedtosupportWegenerstheoryof continentaldrift?

    10.Describehowislandsformedabovehotspotsandislandarcsaredifferent.

    Volcanoes
    1. Describethecharacteristicsofastratovolcanoorcompositevolcano.Whattypeof magmadoesithave?

    2. Describethecharacteristicsofashieldvolcano.Whattypeofmagmadoesithave?

    3. Describethecharacteristicsofacinderconevolcano.Whattypeofmagmadoesit have?

    4. Whatdoestheexplosivenessofavolcanodependupon?

    5. Whatisviscosity?Namealiquidthathasahighviscosityandalowviscosity.

    6. ____________magmahasahighviscosityandahighamountofsilica. 7. _______________lavahasalowviscosityandalowamountofsilica. 8. Describewhatpyroclastsare.

    9. Explainwhycompositevolcanoesoftenhavesteepslopesandexplosiveeruptions. 10. Explainwhyshieldvolcanoesoftenhavegentlysteepingslopesandlessexplosive eruptions.

    Earthquakes
    1. WhatisaPwaveandwhataresomeofitsproperties?Drawonebelow.

    2. WhatisanSwaveandwhataresomeofitsproperties?Drawonebelow.

    3. Whatisanormalfault?Drawonebelow.

    4. Whatisareverse/thrustfault?Drawonebelow.

    5. Whatisastrikeslipfault?Drawonebelow.

    6. Defineeachofthefollowingterms:foreshocksaftershock,mainshock.

    7. Describehowpotentialenergyisbuiltupandthe.Releasedduringanearthquake.

    8. Whatisthedifferencebetweenthehangingwallandthefootwall?

    9. Whatisthedifferencebetweenthefocusandtheepicenterofanearthquake?

    10. LookattheseismogramandtheSPwaveTravelTimecurveonthebackofthispage. Firstofall,whendoestheSwavearriveaccordingtotheseismogram?Secondofall, howfaristhelocationwherethatseismogramwastakenawayfromtheepicenterofthe earthquake?Whatadditionalinformationwouldyouneedtodeterminetheexactlocation oftheearthquakeepicenter?

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