LAB FINAL Review list for ESC101
Lab Final Monday, May 14th, 1:30 PM
What to bring: pencils
(calculator supplied)
References provided: travel time graph for P and S waves; fossil time scale, radioactive decay charts and
units conversion chart from your lab book.
All labs EXCEPT rocks and minerals WILL be covered on the final
You will have a choice of questions to answer. (example – do 3 out of 5)
Earthquakes
Topographic maps
Contour maps
Profile map
Groundwater contours
Geologic time: Geologic principles (definitions)
Block diagrams for relative dating of rock layers
Absolute Age questions using half-life chart from lab book
For this Lab Exam, you should know how to:
Explain geologic principles of Uniformitarianism, Original Horizontality, Superposition, Cross-cutting
relationships, three types of
Unconformities
Types of faults
interpret whether normal or reverse; whether they form in convergent or divergent tectonic environments;
measure the amount of vertical slip using a scale
Put rock layers in order of relative age.
Interpret relative age of sedimentary layers that contain fossils in terms of geologic time scale Periods (time
scale provided)
Calculate absolute age of rocks using half-life information (all numerical data given)
Know how to use the half-life chart in the lab book. This will be given during the test.
Combine relative age and absolute age data to describe the geologic history of an "outcrop" (sequence of
rocks in a diagram)
Locate an earthquake epicenter: determine latitude and longitude
Use of travel time graph.
Calculate time of origin of an earthquake from seismic data and graph.
Interpret topographic features and measurements on maps (ex. high points, hill, valley, depression, stream, steep
area, flat area)
Determine latitude and longitude
Measure distances on a map using scale; (conversion chart given if needed)
Recognize contour interval, contour lines and index contours
Calculate gradient between two points on a topographic map in feet per mile:
change in elevation (ft.)
distance (mi.)
Interpret highest points and lowest points (maximum or minimum possible elevation)
Draw contour lines: understand stream contours, depressions, and hills
Determine direction of streamflow
Construct groundwater surface map by drawing contour lines.
Interpret direction of flow and possible sources of pollution
Calculate the depth to groundwater at a point
Need help? Practice? Questions? email hornj@sunysuffolk.edu or stop by T220.