Review for Unit 2 Test: Inside the Earth
1. Describe a transform boundary and explain what most likely happens as a result of movement at this boundary.
2. Describe a convergent boundary and explain what most likely happens as a result of movement at this boundary.
3. Describe the three types of convergent boundaries and what happens at each boundary between the plates.
4. Describe a divergent boundary and explain what most likely happens as a result of movement at this boundary.
5. Where do mid-ocean ridges and rift valley usually occur?
6. Explain why the tectonic plates are able to move.
7. What does the movement of tectonic plates cause?
8. What causes a tsunami?
9. A year after a volcano erupted in the South Pacific, the northeastern cities in the United States recorded measurable snowfall every month of the year. Most of the northern hemisphere experienced a cold summer. How are these two events related?
10. How do the temperature and pressure of the earth’s layer change as you go deeper into the earth?
11. What landforms are shaped by volcanic activity?
12. Put the layers of the earth in order from the thickest to the least thick.
13. How do you know that the mantle is less dense than the core, but more dense than the crust?
14. How is depth of the layers related to the temperature of the layer?
15. What is the asthenosphere?
16. What is the lithosphere?
17. List the interior layers of the earth.
18. List all the layers of the earth.
19. Since the earth’s crust is on top of all the layers, what can you infer about the density of the crust compared to the other layers?
20. You have two fossils. Fossil A was found below fossil B. Which fossil is older? How do you know?
21. If you find a fossil of a palm tree in Alaska, what can you infer about the climate of Alaska?