Study Guide for Exam 3 Fall 11 Here is an outline of the topics that weve discussed or will discuss.

. Remember that you should know: (1) the definition of plate tectonics; (2) the definition of uniformitarianism; (3) the age of the Earth. You can go to Blackboard>External Links and find the link to the book web site. There you can select a chapter and then click on Assessing Your Knowledge and find the Chapter Review Questions. Answer them and then submit for a grade at the end and youll get the answers. There are also flash cards for vocabulary. Chapter 11 Mountain Building You should be able to define, compare and contrast the following terms and concepts: Anticline Compressional stress Deformation Dip Dip-slip faults Faults Folds Fracture Joints Monocline Normal fault Reverse fault Strain Stress Strike Stike-slip syncline hanging wall Foot wall Under what stress conditions are folds commonly formed? Whats the difference between a fault and a joint? Be able to identify the type of dip-slip fault from the relative motion of the hanging wall. Match normal, reverse and strike-slip faulting with the plate margin youd expect to find these associated with. What is the difference between brittle and ductile deformation? Can you tell the difference between a left-lateral strike-slip fault and a right-lateral strike-slip fault? Chapter Review Questions: 1-6, 8-11 Chapter 12 Earthquakes & Virtual Earthquake Aftershocks Body waves Earthquake Elastic rebound theory Epicenter Focus Foreshocks Love wave Main shock P wave Rayleigh wave S wave Liquefaction Mass wasting Seismic wave Seismograph Seismogram Surface wave S wave Refraction reflection Mercalli Scale Moment magnitude Epicenter Focus scarp creeping fault What relationship, if any, is there between volcanoes and earthquakes? Where do you find deep earthquakes and why? What are the 5 main processes that damage buildings during earthquakes? Do all earthquakes occur at plate boundaries? Give examples in the U.S. to support your answer. Given a seismograph, be able to identify the P-wave and S-wave arrival times (Virtual Earthquake). Given P-S wave differences, be able to determine the earthquake magnitude (Virtual Earthquake). List at least 5 factors that may influence the Mercalli Intensity recorded at a site. What type of fault is the San Andreas? What is a seismic gap? What evidence do geologists have that the Earths outer core is liquid? How did they figure this out? Why do P-waves and S-waves change direction and velocity as they pass through the Earth? Compare and contrast the properties of P-waves and S-waves. What is the P-wave shadow zone? How does it form? What is the S-wave shadow zone? How does it form? Know what the four layers of Earth and if they are solid or liquid. Chapter Review Questions: 1-11, 13 & 15

Chapter 3-4 - Paleomagnetism magnetic striping paleomagnetism Chapter Review Questions: 7 & 8 Chapter 15 Geology of the United States Basin and Range Cordillera Hawaiian Islands San Andreas fault Convergent plate Divergent plate Active continental Passive continental margin margin margin margin Farallon plate What is continental rifting? What happens if continental rifting continues for millions of years? What are the two forces that influence the movement of tectonic plates? What evidence is there that plate margins and plate motions change? Which era (Paleozoic, Mesozoic or Cenozoic) is characterized by extensive glaciation of North America? Given a map of hot spot volcanoes and their ages be able to determine the location of the hot spot and the rate of plate movement. Describe the various plate boundaries found in California. In what geologic province is CSUF found? What principle have geologists used to reconstruct the last 200 million years of California history? What is the state fossil of California? Chapter Review Questions: 1, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14 & 15 Concept Questions These questions are intended to allow you to bring together information from various topics covered in class and in the textbook to demonstrate your understanding of geology. You may write out the description entirely or use diagrams or tables or a combination of all or some of these. I recommend that you write out a complete answer before the exam. Youre on a plane and you happen to sit down next to someone from Cairo, Egypt. Hes interested in earthquakes and he says, You know, seismographs in Cairo never record any California earthquake waves, why is that? Explain this to him. There is a mantle plume under the Yellowstone hot spot; hypothesize what stages North America might go through over the next 50 million years if this plume continues beneath the continent? Your friend has just told you that they moving to Hawaii because: Im tired of earthquakes, Im moving to Hawaii because there is absolutely no earthquake danger there and my house will never be damaged. Explain to your friend how earthquakes damage buildings and if those hazards exist in Hawaii.