NOTE: You will need to bring one Scantron Form 882-E and a number 2 pencil for the test.
- Be prepared to identify the following minerals using the mineral identification chart: galena, olivine, plagioclase feldspar, kaolinite, gypsum, graphite, hematite, muscovite, halite, and talc using a mineral identification chart. Note: You will randomly get two of the ten to identify on the test.
- Know the definition of what a mineral is. Be able to find the unique, distinguishing characteristic of a mineral from the mineral identification chart.
- Understand mineral properties: luster, hardness, color, cleavage, and streak.
- Know what the Mohs hardness scale is and what the hardest and softest minerals on it are.
- Be able to determine the charge of an atom given the positive and negative charges (protons and electrons).
- Know the three rock types: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary and know how they are formed and the properties of each.
- Be prepared to identify the following igneous rocks using the igneous rock identification chart: obsidian, basalt, diorite, granite, and pumice. Note: You will randomly get one of the five to identify on the test.
- Know the difference between volcanic and plutonic rocks, what that means in terms of cooling times, and how you distinguish them.
- Know what lava and magma are and the difference between the two.
- Know the different terms for grain size and distribution in igneous rocks and what they mean: porphyritic, phaneritic, aphanitic, vesicular, and fragmental.
- Be prepared to identify the following sedimentary rocks using the sedimentary rock identification chart: sandstone, chert, conglomerate, shale, and chalk. Note: You will randomly get one of the five to identify on the test.
- Know what a sedimentary rock is and understand what the difference is between a detrital, organic, and chemical sedimentary rock.
- Know what compaction, cementation, and lithification are in terms of sedimentary rocks. Know the sedimentary bedding features and environments we learned in class.
- Be prepared to identify the following metamorphic rocks using the metamorphic rock identification chart: gneiss, anthracite, quartzite, schist, and slate. Note: You will randomly get one of the five to identify on the test.
- Know the difference between regional and contact metamorphism and where you would expect to find each.
- Know what foliation is.
- Understand what a map scale is and what is unique about 1:24,000 and 1:62,500 map scales.
- Understand what contour lines are on a topographic map and how they work.
- Understand longitude and latitude, with what point on Earth they are referenced, and how they are used.
- Understand the three types of plate boundaries and whether crust is created, destroyed, or neither created nor destroyed at each.
- Know what convergent, divergent, and transform plate boundaries are and which are subduction or spreading zones.
- Know whether the San Andreas Fault, the Himalaya Mountains, or Iceland represent convergent, divergent, or transform plate boundaries.
- Understand how convection cells relate to plate tectonics.
- Know what the types of evidence used by Alfred Wegener were to prove the theory of continental drift.
- Understand about magnetic reversals and how it relates to plate tectonics.
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