Second Exam Topics
Winter Quarter  2010
 
 

Exam Date: Tuesday, March 2nd at 2:00 PM

Exams Returned: Thursday, March 4th at 3:15 PM

Exam Corrections Due: Tuesday, March 9th at 9 AM (start of WCAS Reading Period)

  • Geological Time & Radioactivity
  • Composition and Structure of the Earth
  • Minerals / Rocks (minimal, as applied to Plate Tectonics)
  • Seismic Waves / Velocities in the Earth
  • Isostasy / Gravity
  • Geomagnetism
  • Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift
  • Plate Tectonics:

    • Plates and Plate Boundaries
    Ocean Floor
    Paleomagnetism and Magnetic Anomalies
    Forces on Plates
    Deformation
    Earthquakes
    Divergent, Convergent and Transform Boundaries
    Building and Evolution of the Continents
    Hazards, Resources
    Importance of Plate Tectonics for Earth and Life
    Material for Second Exam, from text:
    Chapter 1
    Chapter 2
    Chapter 3
    Chapter 4
    Chapter 5
    Chapter 6
    Chapter 7
    Chapter 8
    Chapter 9
    Chapter 10
    Chapter 15
    Chapter 16
    The second exam will be similar in format to the first: diagrams, short answers and essays, absolutely NO multiple choice. I will ask some facts, numbers, values (and expect the correct units).

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