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    The document provides a review of key concepts in plate tectonics and volcanology. It defines plate tectonics and continental drift, listing evidence that supports each. It describes divergent and convergent plate boundaries. It explains hot spots and how they form islands like Hawaii. Key earthquake and volcano terms are defined, such as the difference between an epicenter and focus, what tsunamis are, why earthquakes cause fires, and factors that determine a volcano's explosiveness. Active volcanoes are predominantly located on the Ring of Fire.

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    UNIT 3 REVIEW

    A R E Y O U R E A DY F O R T H E M I D T E R M ? ? ? ?

    WHAT IS THE THEORY OF PLATE


    TECTONICS? GIVE 2 PIECES OF EVIDENCE.
    The lithosphere is broken into plates that are
    moving due to convection currents
    1- Earthquakes
    2- Volcanoes

    WHAT IS CONTINENTAL DRIFT? GIVE


    EVIDENCE
    Earths continents were once joined as a single
    land mass
    Rock formations
    Fossils
    Climatic Evidence

    WHAT TYPE OF BOUNDARY CREATES


    NEW OCEANIC CRUST?
    Divergent

    WHAT T Y PE OF BOU N DARY OCCU R S WHER E T W O P L ATES MOVE TOGETHE R,


    CAUSING ONE PL ATE TO DES CEN D INTO THE M ANTLE BE NE ATH THE OTHE R PL ATE ?

    Convergent

    THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WERE


    FORMED BY WHAT?
    Hot Spot

    WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN


    AN EPICENTER AND A FOCUS?
    The focus is where the earthquake
    originates (underneath the surface). The
    epicenter is directly above the focus on the
    surface of the Earth.

    WHAT ARE TSUNAMIS?


    Waves generated by movements (earthquakes)
    of the ocean floor

    WHY DO EARTHQUAKES CAUSE


    FIRES?
    Earthquake vibrations can break gas lines,
    water lines, and electrical lines.

    WHAT IS THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF SEISMIC STATIONS


    NEEDED TO PINPOINT THE EPICENTER?

    Three

    WHAT THREE FACTORS DETERMINE


    THE EXPLOSIVENESS OF A VOLCANO?
    amount of dissolved gases in the magma
    temperature of the magma
    composition of the magma

    WHAT TYPE OF VOLCANO IS BUILT ALMOST ENTIRELY FROM


    EJECTED LAVA FRAGMENTS?

    Cinder-Cone

    WHAT IS THE MOST VIOLENT TYPE OF VOLCANO?

    Composite

    WHERE ARE MOST OF THE ACTIVE VOLCANOES ON EARTH?

    Ring of Fire

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