Semester Exam Review Guide 2010
1. The basic unit of length?
Mass?
2. Equation for density is?
Area?
Volume?
3. Density –
Density of Water?
4. Mass –
5. Volume –
6. Area 7. Weight –
8. Water Displacement Theory –
9. If m=10g and v=5 mL, what is the density?
10. What equipment/equation do you use to find the volume of a regular shaped object?
11. What about an irregular shaped object?
12. Object placed in grad cylinder with 20 mL of water. Water level rises to 26 mL. What is
the volume of object?
13.The same object has a mass of 30 grams, what is the density?
14.When an object with a density of 3.5 g/ml is placed in water, the object will?
1. Experiment 2. Scientific method –
3. Hypothesis 4. Variable –
5. Constants –
6. Control –
7. Dependent Variable –
8. Independent Variable –
9. Data 10.Conclusion –
11. Scientific Theory –
12. Scientific Law Label the equator, prime meridian, a latitude line and
a longitude line. Draw an “X” at 30N, 60E.
1. Map 2. Latitude 3. Longitude –
5. Topography –
7. Contour Line –
9. Scale –
10. Legend –
11. Benchmark –
12. Elevation –
13. Contour Line –
14. Hachure 15. How do you identify a hilltop?
16. What direction is Bristol from Richmond?
a depression?
1. Mineral –
2. Hardness –
3. Color –
4. Luster –
5. Cleavage –
6. Fracture 7. Streak –
9. What are four major rock-forming minerals?
10. How can you identify the following minerals?
Pyrite –
Magnetite –
Graphite –
Sulfur –
11. Silicates –
12. Using the Moh’s Hardness Scale, which minerals can be scratched by a glass plate but not
by the common nail?
13. How much limestone was worn away
Between Day 1 and Day 2?
14. How much Sandstone was worn
away in the first day?
1. Igneous –
2. Intrusive Igneous –
Example 3. Extrusive Igneous –
Examples 4. Sedimentary –
5. Clastic Sedimentary –
Examples 6. Chemical Sedimentary –
Examples 8. Metamorphic –
9. Foliated Metamorphic –
Examples 10. Nonfoliated Metamorphic –
Examples –
11. Use the following terms to complete the rock cycle: Igneous Rocks, Sedimentary Rocks,
Metamorphic Rocks, Weathering & Erosion, Heat & Pressure, Melting, Cooling &
Crystallization, Deposition
1. Renewable Resource –
Examples –
2. Nonrenewable Resource –
Examples –
4. The following resources are found in Virginia, what are they used for and identify what
region they are found in:
Coal –
Gravel/Crushed stone –
Limestone –
Sand (quartz) Virginia Physiology
1. Coastal Plains –
2. Piedmont –
3. Blue Ridge –
4. Valley and Ridge –
5. Appalachian Plateau –
6. Identify the regions of Virginia
Earth’s Interior
7. Crust –
8. Mantle –
9. Outer Core –
10. Inner Core –
11. Lithosphere –
12. Asthenosphere –
13. Convection –
14. Which is denser oceanic or continental crust?
15. Which is thicker oceanic or continental crust?
18. Which type is older?
19. The lithosphere is divided into –
20. The asthenosphere is composed of what 2 parts of the Earth’s Interior?
21. Is the outer core solid or liquid?
22. Why is the inner core solid?
Inner core?
Continental Drift
22. Continental Drift Theory –
23. Pangaea 24. The theory was created by –
25. What were the 3 pieces of evidence used to support theory?
1.
2.
3.
Plate Tectonics
27. What process moves the plates?
28.. Identify divergent and convergent boundaries.
29. Divergent 30. Seafloor Spreading –
31. Where is the youngest rock found at the ridge?
32. Where is the closest seafloor spreading to us?
33. Draw a divergent boundary using arrows
34. Convergent 35. Subduction –
36. Ring of Fire 37. Hot spot –
38. Draw a convergent boundary using arrows
39. What are the three types of convergent boundaries?
40. What geologic features are formed at continental-continental boundaries?
41. What geologic features are formed at continental-oceanic boundaries?
42. What geologic features are found at oceanic-oceanic boundaries?
43. Transform –
44. Strike-slip 45. Draw a transform boundary using arrows
46. Where is one of the most famous transform faults in the U.S.?
Earthquakes
48. Fault –
49. Where are most faults located?
50. Tension 51. Folding 52. Compression 53. At what boundary type do folds commonly occur?
54. Earthquake 55. Focus –
56. Epicenter –
57. Primary (P) Waves –
58. Secondary (S) Waves –
59. Surface (L) Waves 60. What is a fault?
61. Where are most active faults located at?
66.. Which wave type travel faster through same material?
67. What can form if an earthquake occurs under the ocean?
68. What are the two ways of determining earthquake strength?
69. What is the Richter Scale?
70. How are earthquakes waves measured by seismologist and what does it do?
9. Karst Topography –
10. How is Karst topography formed?
11. What mineral is limestone formed from?
12. How do stalactites and stalagmites form?
13. What is the name of the region of Virginia in which Karst Topography is common?
1. Fossil –
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Petrification –
Mold –
Cast –
Original Remains –
Trace Fossils –
7. Fossils are found in what type of rock?
8. In Virginia, fossils are found in which regions?
9. What type of fossils are primarily found in Virginia?
11. Relative Age –
Example 12. Absolute Age –
Example 13. Law of Superposition –
14. Intrusion 16. Index fossils –
17. How old is the Earth?
18. List the eras in order from oldest to youngest?
19. What are the important things to know about each Era?
PreCambrian Paleozoic Mesozoic –
Cenozoic19. Put the geologic features in order from oldest to youngest.
1. Continental Shelf –
2. Continental Slope –
3. Continental Rise –
4. Abyssal Plain –
5. Trench –
6. Mid-ocean Ridge –
7. Seamount 8. What renewable resources are found in the ocean?
9. What nonrenewable resources are found in the ocean?
10. Identify the features below
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