EES 1030 1st EditionExam 1 Study GuideBe able to define all vocabulary words:physical geologyhistorical geologygeological timerelative datingabsolute datingsolid earthbiosphereatmospherehydrospheretransform faultdivergentconvergentigneousmetamorphicsedimentaryrock cycleRockMineralElementAtomProtonNeutronNeucleousElectronatomic numberisotopechemical bondingcovalent bondingionic bondingvalance electroncationanionpolymorphscrystal formlustercolorstreakcleavage/fracturehardnessdensitysilicatesmagmalavaigneous rockextrusiveplutonicvolcanicintrusivephaneriticporphyriticpegmaticaphaniticglassypyroclasticpumicedark silicateslight silicatesfelsicintermediatemaficultramaficviscosityeffusive lava flowexplosive eruptionviscosityRhyoliticAndesiticBasalticpyroclastic materialcindercone volcanoescalderpyroclastic plateauslaharsshield volcanoescomposite volcanoesdikessillsbatholithweatheringerosinmechanical weatheringchemical weatheringfrost wedgingroot wedgingsalt wedgingthermal expansionunloadingdissolutionhydrolysisoxidationsedimentary rocksfossilssedimentdetrital sedimentary rocksbrecciaconglomeratechemical sedimentary rocksorganic sedimentry rocksevaporatesshalefissilitybiochemical originorgainc limestoneinorganic limestonecross beddingcurrent ripplesdiagnesislithificationcompactioncementationclasticnonclasticbedding planesgraded bedsmud cracksthe rock cyclemetamorphismheatpressureconfining pressuredifferential stressmetasomatismtexturefoliationrock cleavageslaty cleavageschistositysneissicnonfoliatedporphyroblasicmylonitesthermal metamorphismaureolehydrothermal metamorphismhydrothermal solutionsburial metamorphismsubduction zone metamorphismregional metamorphismimpact metamorphismindex mineralsmetamorphic faciesmigmatitiesgeologic timerelative datingabsolute datinguniformitarianismsuperpositionnicolaus stenocross cutting relationshipinclusionsunconformitieslateral continuityfossilcorrelationstratigraphyangle unconformitiesnonconformitiesdisconformitiesQuestions:What is earth Science? Why is it relevant?What are the 2 categories of geology?What are the 2 types of dating?What are all the interacting parts of the earth? (Spheres)Types of plate boundaries?What are the 3 types of rocks?What is the rock cycle?What are the 5 properties that define something as a mineral?What’s an atom?What are the types of bonds? Describe themWhat are the physical properties of a mineral?How are igneous rocks formed?How is magma crystallized?Intrusive vs extrusive?Textures of igneous rocks?Felsic vs Mafic?How magma originates?Chemical composition of magma?Types of magma?What controls the explosiveness of a volcanic eruptions?How does viscosity effect eruptions?Types of basaltic flows and volcanoes?Types of Rhyolite flows and volcanoes?Types of pyroclastic materials?What is a mudflow?How do volcanoes effect climate?Dikes vs sills?Batholith?Discordant vs concordant?Volcanoes and air planes?What is the process of change?What are the processes that cause breakdown of rocks at earths surface?Physical vs chemical weathering?Physical effects of chemical weathering?Soil profiling?Formation of sedimentary rocks?Why are sedimentary rocks important?What are the types of sedimentary rocks?Chemical vs organic sedimentary rock?Sedimentary environments?Clastic vs non clastic?How are metamorphic rocks formed?What are the agents of metamorphism?What are metamorphic textures?Foliated vs non-foliated?Scale of metamorphic grade?Types of metamorphism?What is the geologic time scale?Compare the different types of conformities?Importance of
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