Landforms Study Guide for Exam 1

What is latitude and longitude.
What are needed for a map - scale, projection, orientation
What is the scientific method
What is plate tectonics
- Sketch cross-sections of the different types of boundaries.
- What are hotspots and what features result.
What is the rock cycle?
- What are the different types of rocks and how do they form
  - Igneous rocks: intrusive vs. extrusive, mafic vs. felsic minerals
  - Sedimentary rocks: grain size
  - Metamorphic rocks: partial melting
What are minerals?
- What are the different ways that minerals form?
- How are minerals weathered (What are the different types of weathering).
What is mass wasting? slow and fast
- what is the angle of repose.
What are the terms that describe the shape of a stream. (eg. thalweg)
What is the Reynolds number and why is it important
How is sediment transported by streams
What is a stream hydrograph (why is it important)

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