GEOLOGY 101 MIDTERM REVIEW
Based on Lab Manual (Chapters 1-7), Lecture, & Quizzes
Questions will be fill-in-the-blank, true/false, diagrams, matching, and multiple
choice.
Material Breakdown
1) Identify 4 Minerals and 4 of each of the 3 rock types (Total of 16)
2) Plate Tectonics
a) Know plate tectonic theory and boundary types
3) Minerals
a) Know how to identify minerals by name and know if they are metallic or nonmetallic
b) Know Mohs Scale of Hardness (image in lab manual)
c) Know the 4 points of the definition of a mineral
4) Igneous Rocks
a) Know how to identify igneous rocks based on texture and mineral composition
b) Know how to identify all Igneous Rock Bodies and intrusions (image in lab
manual)
c) Know where each type of igneous rock (felsic, intermediate, mafic, ultramafic)
can be located in the earth’s crust
d) Know Bowen’s Reaction Series
e) Know igneous rock basics (i.e. lab manual concepts)
5) Sedimentary Rocks
a) Know how to identify sedimentary rocks and the group it is in (biochemical,
detrital, chemical)
b) Know how to identify sedimentary structures (images in manual)
c) Know how to order grain sizes (gravel, sand, clay, silt) based on smallest to
largest
d) Know sedimentary rock basics (i.e. lab manual concepts)
6) Metamorphic Rocks
a) Know how to identify metamorphic rocks based on texture group
(Foliated/Non-Foliated)
b) Know how to order the increasing metamorphic grades
c) Know Metamorphic rock basics (i.e. lab manual concepts)
7) Review old quizzes (come see me if you have not come to get yours yet)