Review Sheet for Earth Sciences 80A Exam #2

Familiarize yourself with these basic questions, from Part I of the class and the reader. Be prepared to write short answer essays on any of these issues, along with some multiple choice or association type questions.

1. What are the major types of plate boundaries, and what types of earthquakes and volcanoes are found there?

    

2. What is Plate Tectonics, and what causes it?

    

3. What are the different types of seismic waves?

    

4. What causes earthquakes, and how do we study them?

    

5. Why are magnetic reversals important for studying plate tectonics and geological history?

    

6. Why have earthquakes caused great catastrophes in the Holy Land?

    

7. Why are there different types of rocks in different volcanic regions?

    

8. What causes volcanoes, and why do they differ? What processes cause melting in different tectonic environments?

    

9. How do we try to predict earthquakes? Volcanic eruptions?

    

10. Why is it hot inside the Earth, and how hot is it?

     

11. How do volcanoes affect climate and temperature?

So, go through your notes and pay attention to major words/concepts and their relationships.

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