Intro Unit
Rocks and Minerals
Plate Tectonics
Geologic Time
ESRT's
100
What are the independent and dependent variables?
Independent is what is changed and dependent is what is effected and measured
100
Name the 3 rock types
Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic
100
Name the 4 main layers of the Earth
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
100
How old is the Earth in scientific notation?
4.6 x 109 years
100
What page(s) of your ESRT contains the minerals flowchart?
16-17
200
What is the volume of a rock that has a density of 2.3g/mL and a mass of 27g?
11.7mL
200
Which mineral is non-metallic, harder than glass and cleaves in 2 directions to form blue blades?
Kyanite
200
What evidence did Alfred Wegener have for continental drift? (Name 3)
Puzzle Pieces
Fossils
Rocks/Mountains
Past Climate Conditions (he did not come up with this but it came at a later date to help his theory)
200
What is the age of the rock in the St. Lawrence Valley Province?
Cambrian, Ordovician
200
Which page of your ESRT shows the large rock cycle?
14
300
Which city is located at 430 55' N, 750 55' W
Watertown
300
Describe the path of a rock going from a sedimentary rock to a metamorphic rock and then to sediments
heat and pressure changes it and then weathering and erosion breaks it down into small pieces
300
Name the 3 types of plate boundaries and describe the motion at each
Convergent - Coming Together
Divergent - Spreading apart
Transform - Sliding past each other
300
Define an index fossil
A fossil that was short lived in terms of a few million years and was widespread (all over and many of them)
300
Which page of your ESRT has a map of NYS with minerals and resources there?
9
400
What resources can be found near Binghamton?
Clay, Peat, Salt
400
What mineral will melt first in Bowen's Reaction Series? At what temperature?
Quartz
650 C
400
Explain how the magnetic reversals help to support the idea of seafloor spreading
Exact same rocks in age and the way their magnetic properties are facing shows that the seafloor has been spreading outwards from the center (MOR) for the last x million years
400
TRGCMVJ
400
Which page(s) of your ESRT contains information on the history of the Earth?
6-7 (8)
500
List and describe all 4 graphing relationships
Direct - Both increase
Inverse - One inc, one dec
Constant - one inc, other stays same
Cyclic - Pattern that repeats over time
500
Describe the environment of formation for all 3 rock types
Igneous - Magma/Lava
Metamorphic - Heat/Pressure
Sedimentary - Sediments compacting together
500
Name one feature that forms at...
1. Divergent boundary
2. Continental-Oceanic Convergent Boundary
1. Mid-Ocean Ridge
2. Trench | Volcanoes on land
500
A rock has 3.5 grams of Uranium-238 left and it has been through 4 half lives. How much Uranium was there originally, how long ago was that and what daughter product did it decay into?
56g, 18 billion years, Lead 206
500
Which page of your ESRT shows the plates on Earth and the boundaries?
12