HON 203 Paradigms of Nature
Review Test #2
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Know the Geologic Time Scale, what are the eons and eras and have an idea of what periods belong where.
What is uniformaterianims? How is it applied?
Who was Hutton?
Know the principles of superposition, original horizontality, correlation, cross-cutting, inclusion and how they are applied.
What is radiometric dating, how is it applied, to what rocks, what is a half life, what is an isotope, what is a parent isotope,
daughter isotope?
How old is the Earth? How old is the oldest rock on earth?
What is a fossil?
What is an index fossil?
Who were Charles Lyell, Georges Cuvier, Abraham Werner, Wm. Smith, Nicolas Steno, Archbishop Ussher, Lord Kelvin,
Buffon?
What is catastrophism?
What is neptunism?
What is plutonism?
What is a formation?
What is stratigraphy?
Who was Alfred Wegener?
What is continental drift?
What evidence is there for continental drift? What fossils are indicative of continental drift?
What is Pangaea?
What is plate tectonics? How many plates are there? How fast do they move?
Be able to identify on a map at least 10 plates.
What are the different boundaries associated with plate tectonics?
Be able to explain the mechanism of plate tectonics as well as features associated with it such as trenches, island arcs, mid
ocean ridges etc.
What are some examples of features and geographic places of the different boundaries?
What is the lithosphere? The asthenosphere?
Be able to classify (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) and name 10 rocks.
Be able to complete a geologic cross section, by placing units in a sequence from oldest to youngest.
The classroom test has 40 multiple choice, 13 fill in the blanks, identification of 10 rock samples, identification of tectonic
plates and a geologic cross-section as well as 10 points of extra credit questions in true or false statements.