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Plate Tectonics

Continental Drift Study Guide
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Guided Reading, Questions, and Vocabulary for Section 4.1
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__Please read pages 67-71.
__Vocabulary List for pages 67-71:

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continental drift (p. 67) Pangaea (p. 67) Panthallassa (p. 67)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge (p. 68) mid-ocean ridges (p. 68)
sea floor spreading (p. 70)

Special Features:

Animations related to plate tectonics.
Plate tectonic animations are depicted on this page from USGS
Yellowstone Caldera
Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics
Earthquake Fault Animation
Plate Tectonic Animation
Plate Tectonic Movie
What will the Earth's continents look like in the future?
Sea Floor Spreading (topography of ocean bottom)
Plate Movements Relative to Tsunami
Building bridges to withstand a San Andreas earthquake

__Please answer Class Questions 4.1 on page 71.
Objectives for pages 67-71:
__1. Explain Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift.
__2. List evidence for Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift.
__3.Describe seafloor spreading.

The Theory of Plate Tectonics
Guided Reading, Questions, and Vocabulary
__Please read pages 72-77.
__Vocabulary List for pages 72-77:

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plate tectonics (p. 72) oceanic crust (p. 72) continental crust (p. 67)
lithosphere (p. 72) asthenosphere (p. 72) divergent boundary (p. 73)
convergent boundary (p. 73) rift valley (p. 73) subduction zone (p. 72)
ocean trench (p. 73) island arc (p. 74) transform fault boundary (p. 74)
convection (p. 75) convection current (p. 75)
theory of suspect terranes (p. 76) terranes (p. 76)

__Please answer Class Questions 4.2 on page 77.
Objectives for pages 72-77:
__1. Summarize the theory of plate tectonics.
__2. Compare the characteristic geologic activities that occur along the three types of plate boundaries.
__3.Explain the possible role of convection currents in plate movement.
__4.Summarize the theory of suspect terranes.

Practice Test as assigned by your teacher.
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Below is a list of links to classroom activities.

Section 4.1

Plate Tectonics Glossary

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