Geology UNIT TEST: WEDNESDAY 11/20

Make sure to study by interacting with the content, not just by reading it.  The topics are listed below.  The worksheets and notes you took in class will help you study for this test.

Layers near the surface of the Earth (lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere)
Rock cycle: how to read the rock cycle diagram
Formation of types of rocks (sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic_
Properties of minerals: cleavage/fracture, luster, hardness, color, streak
Erosion
Weathering (chemical and mechanical)
Where fossils are found
Relative ages of rocks (what the layers of sedimentary rocks show)
What the fossil record tells us
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Convection Currents
Why one plate sinks under the other at a subduction zone
Seafloor spreading
Measuring mass with a triple beam balance