Sections 3 & 4: Study Guide Questions

Since your classroom teacher is absent today, you are to review Section 3 that we had done on Monday by answering the series of questions that are based on the theory of Plate Tectonics as well as make a concerted effort by reading Section 4, Deformation of the Earth’s Crust, and reinforce it by answering the series of questions that are based upon it.

Chapter 4, Sections 3&4

Study Guide (Pages 108-118)

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER AND TURN IT IN WHEN YOU ARE DONE. DONOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THE QUESTION SHEET!

  1. Define the theory of plate tectonics.
  2. Identify the three plate boundaries. Explain each type of boundary.
  3. Why do tectonic plates move?
  4. What causes the changes in the density of the asthenosphere?
  5. List three factors that determine how fast tectonic plates move.
  6. How fast does a tectonic plate move per year?
  7. What do scientists use the global positioning system (GPS) for?
  8. How does a global positioning system work?
  9. How can scientists measure the speed at which each tectonic plate move?
  10. Define the term deformation.
  11. What is the outcome when two tectonic plates get compressed over time?
  12. What is the outcome when two tectonic plates undergo tension over time?
  13. Define the term folding.
  14. List and explain the three types of folding.
  15. Give an example of a real-life rock folding that is seen in nature.
  16. Define the term fault.
  17. How can we determine whether we see a hanging wall or a footwall?
  18. What happens when there is a normal fault? What type of stress is involved here?
  19. What happens when there is a reverse fault? What types of stress is involved here?
  20. Explain how you can tell the difference between a normal fault and a reverse fault.
  21. Define a strike-slip fault. Give a real-life example of it.
  22. How did the Andes Mountains form?
  23. How did folded mountains form? Give 3 real-life examples of it.
  24. Describe fault-block mountains. Give a real-life example of it.
  25. How does a volcanic mountain form? Where do we find most of them?
  26. Distinguish between uplift and subsidence.
  27. Define the term rebound. This can result during which vertical movement.
  28. How does the ocean floor subside?
  29. Define a rift zone.
  30. How does subsidence occur at the rift zone?
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