Unit 2 Test - 11/12(A) & 11/13(B)
- How do the following tell us the relative ages of rock layers: superposition, cross-cutting, uniformitarianism
- What is the difference between relative and absolute dating?
- What conditions are necessary for a fossil to form?
- What era covers most of Earth's history?
- What type of life forms lived in the Paleozoic Era?
- Which era are we currently in? Which period?
- What do contour on a topo lines tell us?
- Know how to find elevation on a topgraphic map
- Know how to use a scale to find a distance on a map
- Know how to read latitude and longitude on a map
- What type of plate boundary is found at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
- What type of plate boundary can resutl in either oceanic trenches or mountain ranges?
- What type of volcanoes are the Hawaiian islands? How did they form?
- What structures can form at a divergent plate boundary?
- Which would produce a more severe earthquake, one with a deep or shallow focus?
- What can we learn from a graph showing the time differences between P and S waves after an earthquake?
- What is a continental rift?
- How did the Appalachian Mountains form?
- What is a fall line?
- How can we determine slope on a topographic map?
- How can you tell which direction a river is flowing using contour lines (give 2 reasons!)?
- Describe the processes that occur at each type of plate boundary.