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 What determines all the physical properties of a mineral? Rocks and Minerals 100

 The internal arrangement of the minerals atoms Rocks and Minerals 100

 NAME THE SHINY DENSE MINERAL WITH METALLIC LUSTER THAT FLAKES EASILY IN YOUR HAND Rocks and Minerals 200

 GALENA Rocks and Minerals 200

 NAME A FINE-TEXTURED EXTRUSIVE MAFIC IGNEOUS ROCK, and DESCRIBE where on earth this rock is most commonly found Rocks and Minerals 300

 BASALT, forms ocean crust, Rocks and Minerals 300

EXPLAIN WHAT CONTACT METAMORPHISM IS, AND GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A ROCK FORMED IN THIS WAY EXPLAIN WHAT CONTACT METAMORPHISM IS, AND GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A ROCK FORMED IN THIS WAY Rocks and Minerals 400

 BAKING OF ROCK NEAR AN IGNEOUS INTRUSION  LIMESTONE BECOMES MARBLE Rocks and Minerals 400

1)DEFINE FOLIATION AND GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A ROCK THAT HAS IT 2)What rock is in the background of this slide? Rocks and Minerals 500

1)ALIGNMENT OF MINERALS IN A METAMORPHIC ROCK 2)granite Rocks and Minerals 500

 DEFINE LONGITUDE MAPS 100

 DISTANCE EAST OR WEST OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN MAPS 100

 GIVE THE LATITUDE TO THE NEAREST MINUTE OF ALBANY MAPS 200

 42 DEGREES AND 40 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE MAPS 200

 DEFINE ISOLINE MAPS 300

 A LINE ON A MAP THAT CONNECTS POINTS OF EQUAL VALUE MAPS 300

 EXPLAIN THE RULE OF V’S MAPS 400

 CONTOUR LINES CROSSING A RIVER V UPSTREAM MAPS 400

 A TRAIL STARTS AT AN ELEVATION OF 500 METERS AND REACHES THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AT AN ELEVATION OF 1500 METERS. The horizontal distance between the trail head and the top is 2 kilometers. Show the set up to calculate gradient and calculate it MAPS 500

 (1500m – 500m)/2 km = 500m/km = 500m/km MAPS 500

 Define weathering EROSION & DEPOSITION 100

 Breakdown of rocks by chemical or physical means EROSION & DEPOSITION 100

 Name three kinds of physical weathering EROSION & DEPOSITION 200

 root action, exfoliation, freeze-thaw EROSION & DEPOSITION 200

 Name four agents of erosion EROSION & DEPOSITION 300

 wind, glaciers, waves, running water, gravity EROSION & DEPOSITION 300

 What is a meander and how are they related to oxbow lakes EROSION & DEPOSITION 400

 a snakelike bending that forms in the flat floodplain of an old river  When meanders get cut off, an oxbow lake forms EROSION & DEPOSITION 400

 Name and describe the three ways sediment can be transported in a stream EROSION & DEPOSITION 500

 solution (dissolved particles)  Rolling and tumbling (big rocks)  Suspension (small particles) EROSION & DEPOSITION 500

Name the supercontinent in this picture and the geologic ERA when it formed

Pangea, formed 290 million years ago at the end of the Paleozoic Era

What plate tectonic process is happening at the Aleutian Trench?

subduction

List three pieces of evidence for continental drift

Puzzle-like fit of continents Similar fossils on different continents Mountain ranges that connect across oceans Glaciation on different continents

Describe the evidence for sea floor spreading that was discovered on the ocean floor after WWII

Magnetic anomalies

1)Explain how and where a hot spot forms 2)Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur?

1)Hot spots form in middle of continents from rising mantle plumes 2)At plate boundaries

Explain the difference between an OBSERVATION and an INFERENCE

OBSERVATION IS SOMETHING YOU DETECT WITH YOUR SENSES INFERENCE IS AN INTERPRETATION BASED ON YOUR OBSERVATION

USING THE TERMS DENSITY, MASS AND VOLUME, GIVE THE FORMULA FOR VOLUME

VOLUME = MASS/DENSITY

How fast does the Earth rotate?

15 degrees per hour

How does Polaris help you find your latitude?

You latitude equals the angle of Polaris above the horizon

1.Define orogeny 1.Explain how the Taconic Mountains were formed

1)Orogeny is a mountain building event 2) Taconic Mountains formed when the Taconic Island Arc collided with North America

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