Friday, December 11, 2009

Earth Science Midterm Study Guide

Format


Matching – 15

Multiple Choice – 15

Essay – 2 (5 points each)


Material Covered


Chapter 3 – Minerals

Chapter 4 – Rocks

Chapter 5 – Plate Tectonics

Chapter 6 – Earthquakes

Chapter 7 - Volcanoes



Key Terms and Themes


Moh’s Hardness Scale

- Hardest mineral?

Gemstones

Ore

Crystallization

Smelting

Iron Ore

Inorganic vs. organic

Convection

Radiation

Element

gemstones

Stress

Cementation

Sea-floor spreading

The Rock Cycle

Pyroclastic flow

Tusnamis

Volcanic neck

Ring of Fire

Properties of minerals

luster, streak, color

Reasons for different sizes of crystals

Properties of rocks

texture

Formation of Rocks

Sedimentary rock

Igneous rock

Metamorphic rock

Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift

Faults

Subduction

Breaks in the Earth’s Lithosphere

Convection currents (in soup)

Mid-ocean ridges

Stress (on rocks)

Seismograph

s-waves

p-waves

surface waves

liquefaction

hot spot

active volcano

dormant volcano

extinct volcano


Essay questions will address connections between chapters.

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