Earth Science Review Sheet Fall Final 2009
The fall final will cover the following chapters:25, 26, 27, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6. The test will be 100 questions.
The questions will be matching, True/False, and multiple choice. The multiple choice will include some graph/data interpretation.
To do well on the test you will need to be able to answer the following questions:
1.
What is a solar eclipse?
2.
What is a lunar eclipse?
3.
How is the moon believed to have formed?
4.
What is a lunar maria?
5.
How does the moon’s orbit impact earth?
6.
What are the phases of the moon?
7.
What is geocentrism?
8.
What is heliocentrism?
9.
How was copernicus’s model of the universe received?
10.
What are the names of the EIGHT currently accepted planets?
11.
Which planets are considered the Inner planets?
12.
Which planets are considered the outer planets?
13.
What is a terrestrial planet?
14.
What is one unique/distinguishing feature of each planet? (ex: Jupiter’s red spot, Saturn’s rings)
15.
What is a system?
16.
What type of system is Earth?
17.
What is the water cycle?
18.
What are the phases of water?
19.
What is the carbon cycle?
20.
What are the 3 map projections?
21.
What is the biggest problem with any map projection?
22.
Where is the International Date Line?
23.
Where is the prime meridian?
24.
Where is the equator?
25.
What is a map scale?
26.
What is the currently accepted theory on Earth’s formation?
27.
How do we know Earth rotates?
28.
What is a mineral?(5 factors)
29.
What are the major mineral families?
30.
What are the 6 main crystal shapes?
31.
What is an example mineral for each crystal shape?
32.
How are minerals identified? (7 factors)
33.
What are the stages of the rock cycle?
34.
How does each type of rock form?
35.
How do rocks change from one form to another?

36.
What are the steps in forming a sedimentary rock?
37.
How does cooling effect crystal size?
38.
What are the parent rocks for the following metamorphic rocks: a.
Slate b.
Schist c.
Quartzite d.
Marble