QUIZ 6 – Review Guide
Know the following terms and concepts. Be prepared to give examples where needed.
1. The layers of Earth and relate amount of heat and pressure.
2. Igneous rock crystal size is determined by?
3. The difference between the 3 types of rock.
4. Earth processes observed in the stream table.
5. Particle size relationship to transport.
6. Sand shape and sorting.
7. Why is limestone white?
8. Give examples of each type of rock. What is marble?
9. Calcium carbonate forms in water when organisms exhale only if the water contains?
10. Give examples of chemical and physical processes that break rocks apart.
11. Weathering, erosion, transport, deposition.
12. Age of Earth?
13. When did humans first appear?
14. Proportional time scale vs. numerical time scale.
15. Age of Grand Canyon?
16. ESSAY: Why is the Grand Canyon important to geologists? (Age, age of what it reveals, cause, clues in layers)
QUIZ 6 – Review Guide
Know the following terms and concepts. Be prepared to give examples where needed.
1. The layers of Earth and relate amount of heat and pressure.
2. Igneous rock crystal size is determined by?
3. The difference between the 3 types of rock.
4. Earth processes observed in the stream table.
5. Particle size relationship to transport.
6. Sand shape and sorting.
7. Why is limestone white?
8. Give examples of each type of rock. What is marble?
9. Calcium carbonate forms in water when organisms exhale only if the water contains?
10. Give examples of chemical and physical processes that break rocks apart.
11. Weathering, erosion, transport, deposition.
12. Age of Earth?
13. When did humans first appear?
14. Proportional time scale vs. numerical time scale.
15. Age of Grand Canyon?
16. ESSAY: Why is the Grand Canyon important to geologists? (Age, age of what it reveals, cause, clues in layers)
QUIZ 6 – Review Guide
Know the following terms and concepts. Be prepared to give examples where needed.
1. The layers of Earth and relate amount of heat and pressure.
2. Igneous rock crystal size is determined by?
3. The difference between the 3 types of rock.
4. Earth processes observed in the stream table.
5. Particle size relationship to transport.
6. Sand shape and sorting.
7. Why is limestone white?
8. Give examples of each type of rock. What is marble?
9. Calcium carbonate forms in water when organisms exhale only if the water contains?
10. Give examples of chemical and physical processes that break rocks apart.
11. Weathering, erosion, transport, deposition.
12. Age of Earth?
13. When did humans first appear?
14. Proportional time scale vs. numerical time scale.
15. Age of Grand Canyon?
16. ESSAY: Why is the Grand Canyon important to geologists? (Age, age of what it reveals, cause, clues in layers)