Unit 7 Review: Plate tectonics / Weathering & Erosion / Topography

Name: ______Class Period: ______

  1. What is the contour interval in the following image: ______
  1. Match the topographic map with the correct side view. Enter the correct letter for each of the six maps:
  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______
  4. ______
  5. ______
  6. ______
  1. Deltas form at the mouth of a:
  2. Mountain
  3. Depression
  4. Volcano
  5. River
  1. Determine which direction a river is flowing (left, right, up, or down)
  2. Contour lines form a v shape: river is flowing: ______
  3. Contour lines forming v shapes {{{{ river is flowing: ______
  1. Determine which direction is upstream from the river (left, right, up, or down)
  2. Contour lines form a v shape: «« upstream is: ______
  3. Contour lines form a v shape: }} }} } upstream is: ______
  1. Determine if the following are Chemical or Physical weathering:
  2. Rocks wear away one another through abrasion: ______
  3. Limestone is dissolved underground by water and carbonic acid to form a cave: ______
  4. Iron ores within rocks are oxidized forming rust: ______
  5. A plants roots wedge into the cracks of a stone, breaking it in two: ______
  6. Water freezes and cracks open large cracks within a boulder: ______
  1. Determine if each will typically happen from the processes of weathering and erosion: write true or false by each
  2. Mountains become taller: ______
  3. Hills become mountains: ______
  4. Rivers cut deeper into canyons: ______
  5. Steep mountain slopes become more gentle: ______
  6. Valleys turn into mountains: ______
  7. Mountains erode into the valley: ______
  1. The difference in elevation between a high and low place on a map: ______
  1. The process of moving sediment: ______
  1. The process of breaking down rock and minerals: ______
  1. Alfred Wegener used which of the following to help justify his theory of continental drift: Circle three that apply:
  2. Continents appeared to be moving very fast
  3. Fossils of warm weather species found in cold regions of the earth
  4. Continents such as Africa and South America which appeared to fit like puzzle pieces
  5. Continents float on the ocean like boats; and must move with the ocean currents
  6. Fossils of the same species found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
  7. Human fossils were found along with dinosaur fossils in many places
  1. Which type of plate boundary could be modeled by two arrows pointing at one another
  2. Transform
  3. Divergent
  4. Convergent

New ocean floor / Mid-ocean ridge / Mountains / Subduction zone
Trench / Sea floor spreading / Rift valley / Plates sliding past one another

Use the words or phrases above for the next three questions

  1. Which of the above would be associated with a divergent boundary:
  2. ______
  3. ______
  4. ______
  5. ______
  1. Which of the above would be associated with a transform boundary:
  2. ______
  1. Which of the above would be associated with a convergent boundary:
  2. ______
  3. ______
  4. ______
  1. A subduction zone is an area where:
  2. Old ocean floor creates mountains
  3. Old ocean floor of one tectonic plate dives beneath another tectonic plate
  4. Old ocean floor contains many hot spots which create long island chains in a region
  5. Old ocean floor creates a mid-ocean ridge
  1. Which type of boundary would be modelled with the following image:

______

  1. Which type of boundary would be modelled with the following image:

← →______

  1. The Ring-of-Fire is an area
  2. Around the Pacific where there are many subduction zones
  3. Around the Atlantic where there is an mid-ocean ridge
  4. Around Africa where a rift valley is slowly pulling the continent apart
  5. Surrounding the arctic ocean causing winter ice to melt
  1. The mechanism for tectonic plates to move around on earth’s surface is:
  2. Still unknown
  3. Floating continents move on ocean currents
  4. Convection currents in the earth’s mantle
  5. Magnetic currents from the earth’s core
  1. The formation of a mountain is most likely the result of:
  2. Weathering
  3. Erosion
  4. Plate tectonics
  5. Deposition
  1. Deposition is most likely to occur at:
  2. The top of a mountain
  3. Halfway up a hill
  4. A river delta
  5. The beginning of a river
  1. Through the processes of weathering and erosion, a river valley over time should become:
  2. Deeper
  3. A mountain
  4. A hillside
  5. Weathering and erosion do not change river valleys