Geo-History Exam Objectives
1) Be able to explain Isostasy, Continental Drift and Sea Floor Spreading
(Paleomagnetism) in regards to what they revel about the Earth. (notes –
pgs. 67-71, 83-84)
2) Be able to state the major occurrences during the break-up of Pangaea
(notes – pgs. 365-369)
3) Be able to list the major divisions of geological time. (Handout, pgs. 345346)
4) Be able to list four facts from each era and two facts form each period in
the geological timeline (homework – pgs. 347-359)
5) Be able to define plate tectonics. Describe and diagram all the ways that
tectonic plates move along boundaries and what causes this motion.
Explain the feature associated with each movement. Ex. (Volcanoes,
earthquakes, ridges …) (notes – pgs. 73-75)
6) Be able to explain relative dating and the four exceptions to superposition
(notes – pgs. 323-326) (handout)
7) Be able to order a rock layer diagram by superposition (notes and
handouts)
8) Be able to explain absolute age, radioactive elements, index fossils and
half life. (pgs. 327-333, 338) (handout)
9) Be able to do a simple half-life problem. (handouts)