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Geology Study Guide
Exam 12-20-13
WEEKEND
Key Terms – be able to describe these terms and use them in sentences.
Some of these terms will be addressed next week, so don’t panic! 
Pangea
Deep-Ocean Trench
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Ring of Fire
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform-Fault
Boundary
Erosion
Unconformity
Extrusion
Intrusion
Continental Drift
Longitude
Latitude
Prime Meridian
Equator
Rock Cycle
Sediment
Strata
Weathering
Index fossil
Relative Age
Absolute Age
Plate Tectonics
Fault
Uplift
Plates
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Metamorphosis
Deposition
Uniformitarianism
Geologic Time Scale
Law of Superposition
MONDAY
Plate Tectonics
1. Give evidence that Earth’s plates are moving.
2. What are the three ways Earth’s crusts can move in relation to one
another? Be able to explain.
3. What is one type of boundary that volcanoes might form? Why?
4. How do mountain ranges form?
5. How can uplift help make fossils easier to find?
What landforms would you expect to see:
6. Oceanic vs. Oceanic
7. Continental vs. Continental
8. Continental vs. Oceanic
Geology Study Guide
Exam 12-20-13
TUESDAY
Plotting Earthquakes Lab
1. How were you able to find the edges of the plates?
2. If two continental plates converge, what might be the resulting landform?
Rocks and the Rock Cycle
1. What 2 things can cause rock to become metamorphic rock?
2. How does sedimentary rock usually form?
3. What type of rock is found near volcanoes?
4. In what type of rock do we find fossils? Explain why this type and not
others.
5. What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?
6. In what types of rocks do we find crystals?
7. Be able to move a rock through the rock cycle.
8. What are typical characteristics of igneous, metamorphic and
sedimentary rocks?
9. When do large crystals form?
10. When do small crystals form?
Geology Study Guide
Exam 12-20-13
WEDNESDAY
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition
1. What is erosion?
2. What is weathering?
3. What is deposition?
4. How does wind cause weathering of solid rocks?
5. What is the Law of Superposition?
6. How can water erosion uncover fossils?
7. Why are rocks at the bottom of the river often smooth and rounded?
8. How was the Grand Canyon Formed?
9. What are the main types of mechanical weathering? Describe each.
10.
What are the main types of chemical weathering? Describe each.
Geology Study Guide
Exam 12-20-13
THURSDAY
Fossils
1. How do fossils form?
2. What are the different kinds of fossils?
3. What does the fossil record tell you about organisms and environments
of the past?
Relative Age of Rocks
1. What is the Law of Superposition?
2. How do geologists determine the relative age of rocks?
3. How are index fossils useful to geologists?
Geologic Time Scale
1. Why is the geologic time scale used to show Earth’s History?
2. What are the different units of the geologic time scale?
Review all Science Seekers Packets and Readings!!! Get a good
night’s sleep!
Geology Study Guide
Exam 12-20-13