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Final Review Sheet

Geo 101 Cumulative Final

12/17/07 in 8-100 @ 7:45 AM

YOU WILL LOSE 1 PT FOR EVERY MINUTE LATE YOU ARRIVE!

YOU ARE INELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE EXAM AFTER SOMEONE HAS HANDED IT IN!

THERE ARE NO MAKEUPS FOR THE FINAL; IF YOU MISS IT, YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO!

The final is 150 pts. 100 of the 150 pts will cover untested material, including Ch. 10 (Structural Geology), Ch. 11 (Earthquakes), and Ch. 2 (Plate Tectonics). The remaining 50 pts will cover large-scale concepts from previously tested chapters listed below.

"The Big Ideas"

Exam 1

The rock cycle

Differences between basaltic and Granitic magmas (Bowen’s Reaction Series)

The silica oxygen tetrahedron

Types of volcanoes, their locations, and the rocks that compose them

Exam 2

What causes metamorphism?

What causes weathering?

How is a sedimentary rock formed?

What tools do we have to determine the relative geologic ages of rock layers?

Exam 3

What forces contribute to mass wasting?

How do glaciers change a landscape?

What are the differences between old and young rivers?

Untested material

What are common folds in strata? What forces form them?

What are the most common types of faults? What forces form them?

Where do earthquakes typically occur?

How do seismic waves differ from each other?

What is the evidence supporting continental drift?

What are the three types of plate boundaries? What forces occur there?

 

You MAY submit up to 4 questions that may be used on the final exam by December 12th! You will receive 2 points on your final for every question chosen. These questions can include untested or cumulative material.

 

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