1.  What is a plate, what’s the definition and what makes a plate?  And how do you identify/recognize/delineate a plate on Planet Earth?  You might think about how you delineate the African Plate, for example.

 2.  How do you determine the direction and speed of plate movement:  (A) today’s motion (recently) and (B) past motions (millions of years ago)?

 3.  What causes the plates to move, what is the driving process or processes?  And what evidence do we have that this process is really taking place?  Give 3 pieces of evidence.

 4.    What is the difference between relative motion of 2 plates and absolute motion of 1 plate?

 5.  What happens (geologically) when two plates move away from each other?  In other words, what kind of geology is created/found there?

      What happens (geologically) when two plates move towards each other?  In other words, what kind of geology is created/found there?

     What happens (geologically) when two plates move sideways past each other?  In other words, what kind of geology is created/found there?

 6.      How does plate tectonics affect us in Washington State?

 7.  What is the difference between a mountain and a volcano?  Name a place or a tectonic setting where you have volcanoes but no mountains, a tectonic setting or place where you have mountains but no volcanoes, and a place or setting where you have both.

 8.   How is the reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field recorded by the oceanic crust? Describe the process briefly.