1. Eric Angat environmental science
Plate Tectonics
Eric Angat environmental science

2. Essential Question
What is the relationship between the type of plate boundary and the locations of various features such as ocean trenches, mountain ranges and mid-ocean ridges?
Een 2.1.1

3. Define the following words.
Asthenosphere ( p. 8, 48, 504)
Continental crust ( p. 8)
tectonic plate ( p )
Convection current (p. 277)
Plate boundaries ( p )
Crust (p. 8)
Inner core ( p. 8)
Fault-block mountain ( p. 538, 548)
Epicenter ( p. 499)
Fault ( p. 497)

4. Earth’s Interior section 1
How is Earth’s interior divided?
What is the lithosphere?
Define the following
seismic wave, pressure, crust, mantle, lithosphere, asthenosphere, outer core, inner core

5. Convection Currents and the Mantle section 2
How is heat transferred?
What causes convection current?
Define the following
heat transfer, radiation, conduction, convection, density, convection current

6. Drifting Continents. Section 3
Who is Alfred Wegener?
Why did most scientist reject Wegener’s continental drift?
Define the following
Pangaea, continental crust, fossil, oceanic crust

7. Sea Floor Spreading section 4
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
Define the following
plate, scientific theory, fault, trench, transform boundary, divergent boundary, rift valley, convergent boundary

8. The Theory of Plate Tectonics
What is Plate Tectonics?
Draw the following 9 (P )
Transform boundary
Mid ocean ridge
Subduction zone
Converging continental plates
Diverging oceanic plates
Pangaea