Study guide for Exam 2
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Study guide for Exam 2
- Quizzes 3, 4, and 5 will be repeated on the exam.
- There are 7 multi-part questions (so 4 additional questions after the quizzes).
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Topics covered
- Know the difference between normal and reverse faults
- Which faults are compressional, which are extensional
- In what plate tectonic environments are these faults formed?
- Be able to interpret a seismogram
- What is it; what does it measure?
- What do P waves and S waves show up like on a seismogram
- How does the seismogram tell you how far away the seismograph station was from the epicenter of the earthquake
- Understand how multiple seismograms can be used to pinpoint the epicenter of the earthquake
- What is a P wave and an S wave
- What is the difference in how they move
- What types of materials do they each move through
- When do they show up at a seismograph station
- Know the different types of volcanoes
- What are the differences in the eruptions that cause the different shapes
- Know the types of extrusive igneous rocks
- How do they differ in their silica (SiO2) content
- How does the silica content affect the eruption type
- Understand how the silica content changes in different types of tectonic settings (subduction vs. spreading or hotspots)
- How do manmade structures, vegetation, and soil type and saturation (how wet it is) cause mass wasting
- What is mass wasting
- What is the difference between a sinkhole and a landslide/slip/slump
- How do earthquakes cause landslides
- How do volcanoes cause landslides
- How does water cause landslides
- How do humans cause landslides
- How does the color of the soil tell you about the parent rock
- What is a parent rock
- How does the color tell you about saturation of the soil
