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Name___________________________Period_____ 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