Earth Science Test 3 Chapters 7-10

 

Be able to:

            Define Plate Tectonics and give evidences

Sketch the 4 types of plate boundaries, label major features and give locations

Know how to locate an earthquake.

Describe how a geologic sequence formed

Identify a fault

Earthquake Damage Factors (why damage is worse in some locations)

Earthquake Preparedness.

Geologic time scale

Geologic Principles - Uniformitarianism, Superposition, inclusions, cross-cutting relationships, fossil succession, original horizontality..

Relative dating vs. absolute dating.

Radiometric dating

Interior structure and composition of the earth and how we know

            Ring of fire, where and why

            Sketch and label or describe the three types of unconformities discussed in class

           

 

 

Geologic Time Scale