Download GeoPhysical Science B: Final Review

GeoPhysical Science B: Final Review
Can you answer the following questions? They should guide your review for the test
Check off the ones you know – Suggestion – take notes, study, make flash cards for the ones you don’t
General
o What are the steps in the scientific method?
o What is the difference between dependent and independent variables?
Heat, climate, atmosphere
o Can you define and calculate relative humidity? Specific humidity?
o Can you read a water capacity graph?
o Can you list and explain the 3 methods of heat transfer?
o Can you explain how a cloud forms?
o Can you read a weather map?
o Do you know the difference between isotherms and isobars?
o What is a water shed? (many of you did not get this one correct)
o Layers of the Earth’s Atmosphere
o Define climate change/global warming and albedo
o Air Masses
o Properties of Air (density, pressure, temp, etc)
Parts of a river?
o Mouth
o Delta
o Tributary
o Meander, etc
Weathering, erosion, and Deposition
o What is the difference between physical weathering and chemical weathering?
o List & explain 3 examples of Physical and 3 examples of chemical weathering
o 4 major agents of erosion are……… ?
Rocks and Minerals
o Differentiate between rocks and minerals
o Be able to list and explain 3-4 properties of minerals
o Types of rocks, how formed = Rock Cycle
Plate Tectonics
o Evidence of continental drift
o Cause of Plate Movement (convection of …………)
o Types of boundaries and what occurs at each and what geologic feature is usually formed at each
o Calculating plate movement
o Volcano vs Earthquake
Astronomy
o Parts of the sun
o What is a constellation?
o Rotation vs. revolution
o What is a star’s spectrum? What does it tell us?
o HR diagram – what it is and what it can tell us?
o Earth’s Place in space: How we revolve – tilt, equinox, solstice, seasons
o What is Earth’s Address? Where are we located in the Universe?
o Kepler’s Laws
o Scientific notation – converting km to light years and vice versa ( see assessment Ques 7 & 8 26.2)
o What are the forces that keep planets in motion in their orbits?
o Eclipses and Tides
o Phases of the Moon (bonus)