Coverage:  Earth's Internal Processes
Web Learning Modules:  The Rock Cycle,
Plate Tectonics and Seafloor Spreading,  Earthquakes and Seismology,
Igneous Activity and Volcanoes,  Mountain Building
Textbook:  Tarbuck and Lutgens,

11th Edition:  Chapters 3,7,8,9,10
Study Guide:  Review objectives and diagrams in your Study Guide: Earth's Internal Processes

Format:  There will be about 50 multiple-choice questions, a choice of modified true-false questions, a map question, and some short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions will be selected from the following topics:

The rock cycle and the processes that give rise to the different classes of rocks.
The hypotheses of continental drift and sea-floor spreading, the names of their proponents, and the evidence that supported these hypotheses.

The kinds of geologic activity that occur at divergent, ocean-ocean convergent, ocean-continent convergent, continent-continent convergent, and transform fault plate boundaries. Identify locations where you find these kinds of plate boundaries. Identify examples of volcanic hot spots.
Be able to recognize plate boundaries from diagrams showing cross-sections of the plate boundary.

Define an earthquake and the kinds of seismic waves that it produces. Identify the causes of earthquakes and their hazards. Relate the pattern of earthquake epicenters to plate tectonic boundaries.
 
Locate specific examples of flood basalts, composite, shield, and cinder cone volcanoes. Describe the various ways in which mountains are built. Recognize specific examples of fold mountain, fault-block mountains, granitic batholiths, and complex mountains.

Diagrams
 
Identify diagrams of geologic structures shown in the study guide. Know the movement of strike-slip, normal, and reverse faults, and the names of various structures produced by faults. Locate the San Andreas Fault and its significance in California. Be able to identify specific examples of geologic landforms in the United States and label a map of California’s Geomorphic Regions like the one in your Study Guide.

Suggested Topics for Modified True-False and Open-Ended Questions:



• Evidence used to support the hypotheses of continental drift and sea-floor spreading and the theory of plate tectonics
• Relative size, shape, and danger to life and property presented by shield volcanoes, composite volcanoes, and cinder cone volcanoes
• Relative danger presented by various geologic materials, and types of construction during earthquakes. (See tutorial in Earthquakes Learning Module.)
• The relationship between mountain-building and various kinds of plate boundaries
• Changes in the size of various oceans and continents as plate movement continues
• How rocks are constantly recycled
• The potential for major earthquake activity in the Bay Area
• The relationship between plate boundaries and various kinds of geologic activity
• The relative rate of cooling of intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks
• The formation of old mountain ranges such as the Appalachians and the Urals
• The types of geologic structures produced by tensional, compressional, and shear stress

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Created by Rita D. Haberlin, Geography Professor
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