Sound
Heat
Continental Drift
Plate Boundaries
Exam Basics
100

Sound is this type of wave

longitudinal

100

Three types of heat transfer

Convection, conduction, radiation

100

Name of the single supercontinent.

Pangea
100

What direction do the plates move at a divergent boundary?

Apart

100

When is your exam?

Thursday

200
Carpet converts sound energy to this

Heat energy

200

The type of heat transfer that doesn't require particles

Radiation

200

Which scientist proposed the theory of continental drift?

Wegener

200

What type/s of tectonic activity usually exist/s at a transform boundary?

earthquakes only

200

What do you need to bring for your exam?

Writing equipment, knowledge, ruler.

300

Sound travels faster in solids because

Particles are closer together allowing easy transfer of energy
300

Heat is transferred by the vibration of particles.  

Conduction

300

Three pieces of evidence that Wegener used to support his theory.

Fossil, Rock, Jigsaw, ...

300

What type/s of boundaries lead to subduction?

Converging oceanic-oceanic and oceanic-continental.

300

Name three things that need to be included in an annotated diagram.

Title, labels, explanation of processes.

400

Describe a sound wave

Compressions and rarefactions of particles in the medium
400

The type of heat transfer that can only occur in fluids.

Convection

400

Identify the main problem that caused Wegener's theory not to be accepted initially.

There was no known mechanism for movement of continents.

400

Give the type of boundary and a real-life example of the plate boundary that produces new crust (rock).

Divergent, eg Mid-Atlantic ridge

400

Name four ways to study for your science exam.

Revision sheet, talk with someone, read notes, write practice exam, ...
500

Speed of sound in air

330 m/s

500

Describe the particle movement during convection.

Answer must include the concept of changing density.
500
What was Wegener's first name.

Alfred

500

Explain how the Himalayas formed.  Give details.

Convergent continental-continental boundary, pushed crust upward.

500

How many marks is the exam out of?

25

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