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Mr. Ross Brown
Earth Science
Brooklyn School for Law and Technology
Fall 2016
Q Assessment Review
Please review your notes and make sure you are comfortable with the following terms. While our Q
Assessment is not a vocabulary test, being familiar with these terms, all of which are found in your notes
and can be found on my website (rossbrownscience.com) will certainly help you answer the questions.
Please use this sheet; it is yours. Jot down notes or draw pictures so you’re sure you are familiar with all
of these terms. Remember, the goal isn’t to memorize these terms but to be familiar with them and
with how to answer questions about them using your Earth Science Reference Table.
Earth Science Reference Table pages with which to be familiar
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Page 5 Tectonic Plates
Page 10 Inferred Properties of Earth’s Interior
Page 11 Earthquake P-Wave and S-Wave Travel Times
Unit 1 Introduction to Earth Science
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Geology
Oceanography
Meteorology
o Atmosphere
Astronomy
Ecology
Ecosystem
Biosphere
Unit 2 The Earth in Space
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Crust
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
o Density
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
Seismic Waves (P & S)
Earth’s Rotation
Earth’s Revolution
Ellipse
Solstice
Equinox
Equator
Hemisphere
Latitude
Longitude
Unit 3 The Dynamic Earth
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Pangea
Continental Drift
o Evidence for Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Seafloor Spread
o Magnetic Polarity Changes on the Seafloor
Lithosphere and Asthenosphere
Convergent Boundary
o Subduction
Divergent Boundary
o Mid-Ocean Ridge
Transform Boundary
Hot Spot
Ring of Fire
Unit 4 Deformation of the Crust
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Isostatic Adjustment
Geologic Stress
Geologic Strain
Compression
Tension
Shearing
Folding
o Anticline
o Syncline
Faulting
Hanging Wall
Footwall
Normal Fault
Reverse Fault
Transform Fault
Strike-Slip Fault
Mountain Building
o Fault-block, Dome, Volcanic
Unit 5 Earthquakes
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Elastic Rebound Theory
Focus
Epicenter (know how to find location of epicenter like in Lab #6)
Seismograph
Tsunami
Magnitude
Mercalli Magnitude Scale