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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPIDf STUDY GUIDE · EXAl\'13 Read Chapters. 1 3 , 1 4 ,& 1 5 -- Wnat are mid-ocean ridges and what occurs there? -- "Ffow do igneous, sed-imentai.--y ,, and me.-'"t.a.morphlc rocks formZ -- Be a.b-le to categorize all the rocks discussed in. class. -- Define the term. m.ass movement and know some examples. -- Kn.ow tb.9. characteristics if normal, reverse, thrust, and strike-slip faults. --K_now some exam.ples ofplutonic features. -- Wn.at volcanoes make up the core of the F....awaiian Islands? --How did Crater Lake form and w:hat is a. caldera? K_now the order of events of how fue earth and life formed accordfu.g to the scientific community. -- Wllat are horsts and grabens? -- \Vb.at are the two basic categories of weafuering? -- Understand roo � wedging. frost wedging, and. ey_f � liation. -- Wh.at causes exfoliation? -- Wii_at is solifluction? --Vt.ti.at is the Mercalli Scale used. for? -- Wn.at are a:o.ticlines ,:ind synclines? -- Wllat a.re some lines of evidence used to support the Thoory of Plate Tectonics? -- Understand the Richter Scale? -- wn.at is the Moho?

- How do island -arc cham.s form? -- Understand the term half-life.·. -- "What kind of faults produce fault scarps with tb.e most vertical relief? - How a:re the Hawaiian. Islands forming? - wnat kind of a plate bound.ru:y is :represented by the San ).__ndreas Fault? -- 'What is creep? - Wba.t determines the rate of mass movements? - How do rift valleys form? - How are the Himalayas forming? - How is the dis-'"t.ance from the epicenter to a seismograph station d1;7tennined? -- Can faults occur in.the same general area as folding? - Along what kind of plate boundaries is volcanic activity the � ost prevalent? -- Define the term ts� and understand how they form. -- You will have two problems ( cross sections) with respect to relative dating. ESSAY See take home assignment.

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