Know difference between batholith and laccolith
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- Batholith- linear masses of felsic rocks hundreds of km long. It is an
individual intrusive
igneous rock.
- Laccolith- lift the sedimentary strata they penetrate (triangular shape)
What areas of the US do earthquakes occur in
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, - West coast (California & Alaska)
- East (east of the Rockies)
- Central us (Missouri)
Know what age of dinosaurs is called
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- Mesozoic
Know what fossil succession is
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- States that organisms succeed each other in a definite and determinable
order. The time that sediment was deposited can be determined by
identifying fossils found within it. Any time period can be recognized by its
fossils.
Know what the moho layer is
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- boundary between the earth's crust (oceanic and continental) and the
mantle (lithosphere/ asthenosphere).
, Relationship between viscosity of magma and its silica content
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- higher silica content= more viscous magma. Vice versa.
What is a stream in a desert called?
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- Ephemeral streams: only carry water in response to specific rainfall
episodes
Know catastrophism
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- Belief that the Earth's varied landscapes were formed by catastrophes of
unknown causes that no longer operate.
- James Ussher, an Anglican Bishop, deducted that the Earth was only 4,000
years old, having begun in 4004 B.C.E.
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- Batholith- linear masses of felsic rocks hundreds of km long. It is an
individual intrusive
igneous rock.
- Laccolith- lift the sedimentary strata they penetrate (triangular shape)
What areas of the US do earthquakes occur in
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, - West coast (California & Alaska)
- East (east of the Rockies)
- Central us (Missouri)
Know what age of dinosaurs is called
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- Mesozoic
Know what fossil succession is
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- States that organisms succeed each other in a definite and determinable
order. The time that sediment was deposited can be determined by
identifying fossils found within it. Any time period can be recognized by its
fossils.
Know what the moho layer is
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- boundary between the earth's crust (oceanic and continental) and the
mantle (lithosphere/ asthenosphere).
, Relationship between viscosity of magma and its silica content
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- higher silica content= more viscous magma. Vice versa.
What is a stream in a desert called?
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- Ephemeral streams: only carry water in response to specific rainfall
episodes
Know catastrophism
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- Belief that the Earth's varied landscapes were formed by catastrophes of
unknown causes that no longer operate.
- James Ussher, an Anglican Bishop, deducted that the Earth was only 4,000
years old, having begun in 4004 B.C.E.
Horn
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