Download SEES Midterm

SEES Midterm
1. What will be on the test?
 Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 9, all sections of all of the chapters, except
1.4
 See the attached page for a full list of topics and vocabulary to
study.
 See “Study Guide” pages in text at the end of each chapter
2. What will the format of the test be?
 Regents questions: 30 Multiple choice and 15 constructed
response/short answer
 Use the “Regents Practice Exam” pages at the end of each
chapter and our old study packets, tests and quizzes
3. When will it be?
 January 27th, Wednesday during midterm week at 12:15 pm
4. Will there be any review for the test?
 1 to 2 classes during this week and next will be spent
reviewing, AT MOST!
 After school review session on Friday, 1/22 in room H-3; TBA, if
possible, Tuesday of midterm week.
 I may be available after school or during LRC on other days;
make an appointment w/ me.
Other questions of your own?
__Where? Room 123
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Topics and Vocabulary
Theory
What is ES?
Conclusion
Geology
Observation
Oceanography
Inference
Meteorology
Data
astronomy
Matter
View of the Earth
Matter
hydrosphere
Mass
atmosphere
Volume
geosphere
Density
biosphere
Element
core
Atomic number
mantle
Atomic mass
crust
Energy level
continental, granitic crust
Molecule
oceanic, basaltic crust
Compound
lithosphere
Electron
asthenosphere
Proton
Neutron
Representing Earth’s Surface
Bond
Latitude
Longitude
Minerals
Topographic map
7 properties of minerals:
Contour line
cleavage/fracture,
Contour interval
hardness/Moh’s scale, luster,
Index contour
streak, color, density,
Gradient
distinguishing characteristics
Mineral
Scientific Method/Inquiry
Composition
Hypothesis
Silicate
Silicon-oxygen tetrahedron or
silica tetrhedron
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Rocks
Rock cycle
Igneous
Magma
lava
Felsic
Mafic
Ultramafic
intermediate
Environment of formation
Intrusive igneous rock
Extrusive igneous rock
texture
Solidification
Cooling
Random, interlocking crystals
Vesicular texture
Sedimentary
Sediments/particles/grains/
fragments
Clastic
Non-clastic/chemically or
biologically formed
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
burial
Compaction
Cementation
Evaporite
precipitate
fossils
watery environment
Metamorphic
metamorphism
Regional metamorphosis
Contact metamorphosis
Orogeny/mountain building
event
Foliation
Foliated metamorphic rock
nonfoliated metamorphic rock
Folding
Banding
Distortion
Hydrothermal solution