Final Exam Review

Geologic Time Plate Tectonics Rocks Astronomy 1 Astronomy 2 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $600 $600 $600 $600 $600 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000

What type of rock is formed by the cooling of magma or lava? 200 What type of rock is formed by the cooling of magma or lava? Back Answer: igneous

400 What type of rock should fit in the yellow square on this rock cycle chart? Back Answer: Sedimentary

600 What must happen to other rocks before a sedimentary rock can be formed? Back Answer: weathering

How could a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock? 800 How could a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock? Answer: must be exposed to high heat and/or large pressure Back

Which rock should fit in the blue box? 1000 Which rock should fit in the blue box? A B C Back Answer: B

What era was the longest in Earth’s history? 200 What era was the longest in Earth’s history? Back Answer: Pre-Cambrian

400 To find the EXACT age of a rock you would need to use this type of dating Back Answer: Absolute Dating – Radiometric Dating

600 If a half-life of a substance is 20 million years and there is 25% parent atoms remaining how old is the substance? Back Answer: 40 million years old

800 This principle states that older rocks are found in layers below newer rocks. Back Answer: principle of superposition

1000 What are the remains of an organism found only in a specific layer of rock? Answer: Index fossils Back

The two types of Earth’s crust are? 200 The two types of Earth’s crust are? Back Answer: Continental crust, Oceanic Crust

This is formed when two oceanic plates move away from each other 400 This is formed when two oceanic plates move away from each other Answer: Mid-Oceanic Ridge Back

This is formed when two continental crusts collide. 600 This is formed when two continental crusts collide. Back Answer:Mountains

800 The process one plate moving under another due to convergence is termed: Answer: Subduction Back

The driving force behind plate movements comes from this 1000 The driving force behind plate movements comes from this Answer: Convection currents in the Earth’s core Back

The belief that the earth is the center of the universe is termed 200 The belief that the earth is the center of the universe is termed Back Answer: Geocentric

400 How much of any object in our solar system is lit up by the sun at any given time? Back Answer: Half

600 When the moon is directly between the Earth and Sun and its shadow falls upon the surface of the earth it is called this Back Answer: Solar Eclipse

Which crater is the oldest? 800 Which crater is the oldest? A B C D Back Answer: D

What is the name of the moon phase seen below 1000 What is the name of the moon phase seen below Back Answer: Quarter moon

All electromagnetic radiation travels in this form 200 All electromagnetic radiation travels in this form Back Answer: Waves

Of all the visible light, this color has the shortest wavelength 400 Of all the visible light, this color has the shortest wavelength Back Answer: Blue

As wavelength decreases what happens to the frequency of that wave? 600 As wavelength decreases what happens to the frequency of that wave? Back Answer: Frequency will increase

What type of electromagnetic energy has the largest wavelength? 800 What type of electromagnetic energy has the largest wavelength? Back Answer: radio waves

If a shirt looks blue, explain why it looks that way. 1000 If a shirt looks blue, explain why it looks that way. Answer: Blue light is being REFLECTED while the other colors are being ABSORBED Back