STUDY SHEET – TOPICS COVERED ON FINAL

 

  1. Know information on Mid-term 1.

 

  1. Know information on Mid- term 2.

 

  1. Earthquakes (Chap 10)
    1. Body waves
    2. Surface waves

 

  1. Plate Tectonics (Chap 11)
    1. Hydrothemal vents – black smokers
    2. Composition of chimneys

 

  1. Mass Movement (Chap 12)
    1. Causes of Mass Movement
    2. Types of Mass Movement – Slow and Rapid

           

  1. Streams and floods (Chap 13)
    1. The hydrologic Cycle
    2. Stream topography
    3. Geological work of streams – graded stream, base level
    4. Processes of stream erosion
    5. Types of drainage patterns
    6. Types of channel patterns
    7. Piracy
    8. Stream transport
    9. Stream deposition

 

  1. Groundwater (Chap 14)
    1. Movement and distribution of Groundwater
    2. Porosity and permeability
    3. Tapping groundwater – types of aquifers, threats to groundwater supply
    4. Caves and Karst topography

 

  1. Glaciers (Chap 15)
    1. Glacier Formation and Growth
    2. Classification of glaciers
    3. Glacier budget
    4. Glacier Flow
    5. Glacial erosion – process and types of erosional features produced
    6. Glacial transport and deposition
    7. Depositional material and features of glacial meltwater