Study Guide
Know these things . . .
Three different plate boundaries
- Convergent (coming together)
- Divergent (coming apart)
- Transform (sliding past each other)
- Continents’ coasts match up (i.e. Africa and South America)
- Same fossils (plants and animals) found on distant continents
- Glacial deposits
- Rock units/layers match up
- Paleomagnetism (ocean floor records Earth’s magnetic poles flipping)
- You will need to identify at least half of the minerals based on properties.
- Hardness (1 – 10, 2 = fingernails, 3 = penny, 5 = nail, 7 = glass)
- Cleavage (fractured rough = none/poor, flat sides = good)
- Color (of the mineral, duh)
- Luster (Metallic = shiny/metal, Nonmetallic = dull earthy)
- Specific Gravity (light or heavy for its size)
- Streak (what color of streak is on the tile after scratching)
- Light interaction (is it opaque/blocks light or is it transparent or translucent like glass?)
Be able to draw and label these . . .
You can google images of these if you didn't draw them during class or CLICK HERE for my drawing.
Subduction Zone
Subduction Zone
- Trench
- Accretionary wedge
- Continental crust
- Oceanic crust
- Lithosphere
- Asthenosphere
- Mantle
- Volcanic arc
- Back arc basin
- Fore arc basin
- Slab pull
- Partial melting
- Moho
- Slab push
- Oceanic crust
- Mantle
- Moho
- Lithosphere
- Asthenosphere
- Decompression
- Melting
- Mid-Ocean Ridge