Test 3 is on Wednesday 05/14/2025
Test Prep Chapters 6-10
1. How old is the Earth?
2. What caused the last major extinction event?
3. The explosion of life forms during the Cambrian era is called?
4. What is the name of the element that can be used to date ancient rocks?
5. What is the name of the isotope that can be used to date organic remains?
6. 16 kg of some radioactive element has a half life of 500 years. How much of the element will remain after 1000 years?
7. List the various layers of the Earth.
8. The inner core of the Earth is…
9. Tech tonic collisions can create…
10. Large Scale changes in the surface of the earth occur over…
11. A giant crack in the crust of the Earth is called a…
12. When one plate is forced under another plate during a collision, this is called…
13. What is the difference between magma and lava?
14. What are the 2 types of volcanic activity?
15. What is a pyroclastic flow?
16. What can cause chemical weathering?
17. What is the Ph scale?
18. What can cause physical weathering
19. What factors can increase the rate of weathering?
Test Prep Chapters 6-10
1. How old is the Earth?
2. What caused the last major extinction event?
3. The explosion of life forms during the Cambrian era is called?
4. What is the name of the element that can be used to date ancient rocks?
5. What is the name of the isotope that can be used to date organic remains?
6. 16 kg of some radioactive element has a half life of 500 years. How much of the element will remain after 1000 years?
7. List the various layers of the Earth.
8. The inner core of the Earth is…
9. Tech tonic collisions can create…
10. Large Scale changes in the surface of the earth occur over…
11. A giant crack in the crust of the Earth is called a…
12. When one plate is forced under another plate during a collision, this is called…
13. What is the difference between magma and lava?
14. What are the 2 types of volcanic activity?
15. What is a pyroclastic flow?
16. What can cause chemical weathering?
17. What is the Ph scale?
18. What can cause physical weathering
19. What factors can increase the rate of weathering?
Test Prep for Chapter 5 Section 3
Test date is Friday March 28
You should know or be able to answer the following questions.
What are some alternative energy sources?
Describe the basic operations of a nuclear power plant.
Describe how nuclear fission works .
Describe how nuclear fusion differs from nuclear fission.
Explain the difference between a controlled nuclear reaction and an uncontrolled nuclear reaction.
Describe the chain of events that occurred during the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
List 2 types of solar energy.
Describe how geothermal energy is produced.
You should know or be able to answer the following questions.
What are some alternative energy sources?
Describe the basic operations of a nuclear power plant.
Describe how nuclear fission works .
Describe how nuclear fusion differs from nuclear fission.
Explain the difference between a controlled nuclear reaction and an uncontrolled nuclear reaction.
Describe the chain of events that occurred during the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
List 2 types of solar energy.
Describe how geothermal energy is produced.
Test Prep for Chapters 1 - 4
The test date is Thursday March 6
you should know…
How is the surface of the earth mapped?
Given a city, find latitude and longitude of that city
Given a latitude and longitude, determine the location
What is a topological map?
Determine the height between 2 elevations on a topological map ?
What are the 4 major branches of Earth Space science ?
What is the difference between a hypothesis and a theory?
you should know…
How is the surface of the earth mapped?
Given a city, find latitude and longitude of that city
Given a latitude and longitude, determine the location
What is a topological map?
Determine the height between 2 elevations on a topological map ?
What are the 4 major branches of Earth Space science ?
What is the difference between a hypothesis and a theory?
What is the latitude of the North Pole? What is the latitude of the South Pole?
What are four features of a mineral?
List four types of nonsilicate minerals
Devil’s Tower in Wyoming is an example of…
How are intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks different?
Give three examples of clastic sedimentary rocks.
• How do geologists classify metamorphic rocks?
You should be able to identify the following rocks /materials
What are four features of a mineral?
List four types of nonsilicate minerals
Devil’s Tower in Wyoming is an example of…
How are intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks different?
Give three examples of clastic sedimentary rocks.
• How do geologists classify metamorphic rocks?
You should be able to identify the following rocks /materials
Bismuth
Amethyst Crystals
Geodes
Bismuth Crystals
