The final exam
will consist of: (this is approximate, subject to minor changes)
112 Multiple choice/matching/quantities
1 cross section analysis
2 short answer
solar insolation
latitude
altitude
air mass
dewpoint
condensation
evaporation
freezing
melting
sublimation
deposition
relative humidity
specific humidity
saturation
air pressure
continental polar air mass
maritime polar air mass
continental tropical air mass
maritime tropical air mass
surface winds
cyclone
anticyclone
heat capacity
Kepler’s 1st Law of Planetary Motion
Kepler’s 2nd Law of Planetary Motion
Kepler’s 3rd Law of Planetary Motion
circle
sphere
ellipse
rotation
revolution
astronomical unit
orbit
Wein’s Law
inertia
aphelion
perihelion
apparent magnitude
absolute magnitude
luminosity
white dwarf
main sequence
redgiant
parallax angle
Doppler shift
quasar
parsec
light year
electromagnetic radiation
frequency
wavelength
visible light
x-rays
gamma rays
radio waves
ultraviolet
infrared
cosmic rays
microwaves
proton
neutron
electron
nucleus
isotope
ion
element
crystal form
hardness
luster
color
streak
cleavage
rock cycle
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
magma
lava
crystallization/solidification
melting
weathering/erosion
heat/pressure/chemically active fluids
deposition
compaction/cementation
continental crust
oceanic crust
lithosphere
asthenosphere
mantle
outer core
inner core
P waves
S waves
transverse wave
longitudinal wave
Earth’s magnetic field
mid-ocean ridge
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
Andes Mountain
San Andreas Fault
radioactive decay
half life
parent element
daughter element
texture
composition
biotite mica
halite
calcite
quartz
feldspar
gypsum
slate
rhyolite
coal
gravel
sand
silt/clay
granite
gneiss
shale
conglomerate
phyllite
schist
gneiss
foliated/lineated
breccia
dolostone
arkose
trench
mantle convection
tsunami
volcano
Theory of Plate Tectonics
sea floor spreading
subduction
subsidence
transform boundary
Principle of Fossil Succession
Law of Superposition
Law of Original Horizontality
Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships
anticline
syncline
normal fault
reverse fault
ocean retreat
ocean advance
siltstone
greywacke
gabbro
glacial till
limestone
sandstone
laccolith
sill
batholith
strike-slip fault
thrust fault
glacial advance
glacial retreat
unconformity
angular unconformity
disconformity
nonconformity
esker
moraine
terminal moraine
ground moraine
recessional moraine
drumlin
kettle
outwash plain
continental glacier
alpine glacier
Quantities
Be able to
compare two quantities and say which is greater, or whether they are equal to
each other. There will be meteorology, astronomy, geology.
Units
What are
the units that we commonly use for force, frequency, atmospheric pressure,
density, heat, specific heat, velocity, temperature, wavelength, and mass?
Cross Section Analysis
You will be presented with a cross section and will put the events in that cross section in order, describe each event, and state the laws and principles that apply to that event.
Short Answers
1. How would the life span of a Blue Supergiant be different from the life span of Alpha Centauri? Using the names of stars on the diagram, explain the “life” stages would the two stars pass through?
2. Plate Tectonics is a theory. There is little direct evidence that the Earth’s lithosphere is broken into rigid plates that are moving on top of a partially molten asthenosphere. However, there is much indirect evidence that lithospheric plates exist. List and explain at least five different pieces of indirect evidence that support the Theory of Plate Tectonics.