GEOG 1113: Landforms
Spring 2012
I. Be able to identify the following terms:
1. Soil
2. Humus
3. Capillary action
4. Surface tension
5. Field capacity
6. Soil-water budget
7. Evapotranspiration
8. Wilting point
9. Pedogenic process
10. Regolith
11. Bioturbation
12. Relief
13. Eluviations
14. Illuviation
15. Soil horizon
16. Soil science
17. seismic waves
18. asthenosphere
19. lithosphere
20. crust
21. Geologic Cycle
22. rock
23. mineral
24. igneous rock
25. sedimentary rock
26. lithification
27. metamorphic rock
28. rock cycle
29. geologic time
30. Holocene
31. geomorphology
32. landform
33. continental shelf
34. alpine chain
35. continental shield
36. plate tectonics
37. Pangaea
38. passive plate margins
39. transform plate margins
40. plate divergence
41. plate convergence
42. subduction
Exam 1 Study Guide
43. orogenesis
44. orogeny
45. oceanic-continental collision
46. oceanic-oceanic collision
47. continental-continental collision
48. earthquake
49. fault
50. focus
51. epicenter
52. seismograph
53. richter scale
54. fault
55. normal fault
56. reverse fault
57. strike-slip fault
58. subduction
59. p-waves
60. s-waves
61. fault
62. normal fault
63. reverse fault
64. strike-slip fault
65. volcano
66. Pacific Ring of Fire
67. pyroclastics
68. lahars
69. ash field
70. silicosis
71. volcanic ash
72. volcanic lightning
73. dirty thunderstorms
74. hot spot
75. geyser
76. caldera
77. supervolcano
78. Volcanic Explosivity Index
II. Be able to answer the following short answer questions:
1. Name and describe the 4 basic soil properties.
2. Name and describe the 4 soil-forming processes.
3. Name and describe the 4 soil-forming factors.
4. Name and describe the 3 size categories for soil particles.
5. Why would it be important to understand the texture of the soil?
6. Describe the 6 soil horizons
7. Explain how we know anything about the Earth’s interior
8. Name and describe the consistency of all of Earth’s inner layers
9. Explain why the Earth has a magnetic field (magnetosphere).
10. What is the purpose of the asthenosphere.
11. Name and describe the 2 types of crust
12. Name and describe the 3 subcycles of the Geologic Cycle
13. Describe the differences between intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks. Give an example
of each type of rock.
14. Name the three types of sedimentary rocks and give examples of each
15. What are 2 examples of metamorphic rocks?
16. How was Wegener’s Theory of Continental Drift was was proven?
17. Explain the role of convection in plate tectonics.
18. Name and describe the 3 types of volcanoes.
19. Name the 3 areas where volcanoes can be found on Earth.
20. What is the significance of the Pacific Ring of Fire?
21. Describe some of the health problems caused by volcanic ash/dust.
III. Study the following diagrams:
1. Rock Cycle. Include the following terms: igneous rock, metamorphic rock, sedimentary
rock, magma, sediment, heat/pressure, melting.
2. Formation of crust. Include the following: subduction, convergent plate boundary,
divergent plate boundary, oceanic ridge