Download Review Sheet for Exam 1

Review Sheet for Exam 1
Chapter 1 — Intro to Geology
 What is geology?
 The 3 physical environments of the earth
 Characteristics of the layers (core, mantle, crust) of the earth
 Proposed Solar System Origin
 What a theory, hypothesis, and a law are, and how they play into the
scientific method
 The Rock Cycle
 Uniformitarianism and its founders
Chapter 2 — Matter and Minerals
 What is Matter? What is a mineral?
 What are interfacial angles?
 What is the structure of an atom and what are its characteristics?
(i.e., atomic mass, atomic number, etc.)
 What the four types of chemical bonds are
 What silicate minerals are & what they are primarily composed of
 The seven physical properties of minerals
 Moh’s Hardness Scale
 How minerals form
Chapter 3 — Igneous Rocks
 What the difference is b/w magma and lava
 Temperatures that mafic and felsic lavas crystallize at
 What is the geothermal gradient and how does water effect it
 How igneous rocks form and the two categories of igneous rocks
 Igneous textures & what they tell you about the rock that they make up
 Bowen’s Reaction Series (and the temperatures associated with the
crystallization of mafic and felsic minerals)
 Processes that change the composition of magmas
Chapter 4 — Volcanic and Plutonic Activity
 The different types of plate margins
 Types of magmas produced at the plate margins
 Different types of igneous intrusions
 How batholiths are emplaced
 Different types of lava flows and structures
 Viscosity and how it relates to the mafic and felsic lavas
 How eruptions are predicted
 The distribution of volcanoes
**bold faced terms from each chapter that I have talked about in lecture
** information presented in the videos