This Assessment will cover the concepts, essential questions and vocabulary covered in the Plate Tectonics Unit.
Sedimentation
Subduction
Law of superposition
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Divergent
Convergent
Transform-fault
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100 major plates
7 major plates and many smaller plates
Many small plates, but no large plates
50 major plates and many smaller plates
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Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform fault boundary
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Atlantic Plate
North American Plate
Pacific plate
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Continental lithosphere only
Oceanic lithosphere only
Both continental and oceanic lithosphere
Both continental and oceanic asthenosphere
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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The Andes Mountain
The East African Rift Valley
The San Andreas Fault
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Transform fault
Convergent
Divergent
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Transform fault boundary
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
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No new magma is formed
Transform boundaries tend to be cooler than convergent boundaries
The oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust
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It is a thin, cold and rigid layer.
It is the cource of Earth's heat.
It permits plate movement.
It occurs only near subduction zones.
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Seismic waves
Sonar
Information from drilling expeditions
Ocean waves
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Divergent boundaries
Convergent boundaries
Continental volcanic arcs
Transform fault boundaries
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Seafloor spreading
Subduction
New volcano being formed
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Transform-fault
Convergent
Divergent
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Divergent
Transform-fault
Convergent
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Seafloor spreading
Mid-ocean ridge
Older rocks are at the extreme left and right away from the ridge
The magnetic poles of the ocean crust have reversed several times
This is a convergent boundary
This is a divergent boundary
This is a transform-fault boundary
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