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1 Reading Sections/Concept Check Questions for Earth Science, 13 th ed., Tarbuck, Lutgens, Tasa Chapter 1 Read: P. 2 P. 20 Concept Check Qs. o 1.1: 1 o 1.3: 1, 2 o 1.4: 2 o 1.5: 1, 2 o 1.7: 2, 3 o 1.8: 1 o Asthenosphere o Atmosphere o Biosphere o Core o Crust o deep-ocean basin o Deep-ocean trench o Geology o Geosphere o Hydrosphere o Hypothesis o Inner core o Lithosphere o Lower mantle o Mantle o Meteorology o Nebular hypothesis o Oceanic (mid-ocean) ridge o Oceanography o Outer core o Plate o Plate tectonics o Shield o Theory Chapter 22 P.636 p.655 Small Solar Sytem Concept Check Qs. o 22.1: 1, 2, 4, 5 o 22.2: 1, 2 o 22.3: 1, 2, 4 o 22.4: 1, 2, 5, 6 Give it Some Thought questions (end of chapter) o 1, 4 o Jovian planet o Lunar highlands

2 o Maria o Nebular theory o Terrestrial planet Chapter 7 Reading o P.194 Testing (p.211); p.212 Evidence: Hot Spots Concept Check Questions o 7.2: 2, 3, 4 o 7.4: 1, 2, 4 o 7.5: 1, 4 o 7.6: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Give it Some Thought o 2a, b o 3 o 4a, b, c, d o 5 o 10a, b, c o Asthenosphere o Continental drift o Continental rift o Continental volcanic arc o Convergent boundary o Deep-ocean trench o Divergent boundary o Hot spot o Island arc o Lithospheric plate o Oceanic ridge system o Pangaea o Plate tectonics o Seafloor spreading o Spreading center o Subduction zone o Transform fault boundary o Volcanic island arc Chapter 9 Reading o P. 258 Living in the Shadow (p.270); Intrusive Igneous Activity (p.276) Origin of Magma (p.280); Plate Tectonics (p.282) Living With (p.287) Concept Check Questions o 9.2: 1, 3, 4 o 9.4: 1, 2, 3 o 9.5: 4 o 9.7: 1 o 9.9: 1, 2, 3, 5 Give it Some Thought questions o 1 (all)

3 o 2: a, b, d o 5 (all) o Batholith o Caldera o Cinder cone o Composite cone o Continental volcanic arc o Crater o Dike o Eruption column o Hot spot o Island arc o Pipe o Pyroclastic flow o Shield volcano o Stratovolcano o Vent o Viscosity o Volcanic island arc Chapter 10 Reading o P. 298 P. 316 (Skip Domes and Basins and Monoclines ) Concept Check Questions o 10.1: 1, 3 o 10.3: 1, 2, 4 o 10.4: 2 o 10.5: 2, 3 Give it Some Thought questions: 3, 7 o Active continental margin o Anticline o Basin brittle deformation o Compressional mountain o Deformation o Dip-slip fault o Ductile deformation o Fault o Fault-block mountains o Fault scarp o Fold o Normal fault o Reverse fault o Stress o Strike-slip fault o Syncline o Thrust fault o Volcanic island arc

4 Chapter 8 Reading o What is an Earthquake? (p.228) Measuring the size of E.Q.s (p.236); E.Q. Belts (p.239) Can E.Q.s be Predicted? (p.245) Give is Some Thought Questions o 1, 2, 3, & 7 Concept Check Questions o 8.2: 1, 2, & 4 o 8.4: 2, 3 o 8.5: 1 o 8.8: 1,3, & 4 o Earthquake o Elastic rebound o Epicenter o Fault o Focus o Magnitude o Primary (P) waves o Secondary (S) waves o Seismic waves o Seismogram o Seismograph o Seismology o Surface wave o Tsunami Chapter 2 Reading o Propeties of Minerals (p.34) 41 Give is Some Thought Questions: 5, 6 o Clavage o Element o Feldspars o Hardness o Luster o Mineral o Quartz o Rock o Streak Chapter 4 Reading o P.84 Soil (p.92); Mass Wasting (p.102) Soilfluction (p.111) Concept Check Qs. o 4.1: 1, 2 o 4.2: 1, 2 o 4.3: 2, 3, 4, 5 o 4.4: 1, 2, 3

5 o 4.5: 1, 2 Give It Some Thought questions: 1, 2, 7, 8 o Angle of repose o Chemical weathering o Creep o Debrifs flow o Differential weathering o Earthflow o Erosion o Exfoliation dome o External processes o Fall o Flow o Frost wedging o Internal processes o Mass wasting o Mechanical weathering o Mudflow o Regolith o Rockslide o Sheeting slide o Slump o Soil o Spheroidal weathering o Weathering Chapter 5 Reading o Stream Channels (p.127) Drainage Patterns (p.135); The Geologic Work (p.150) 152 Concept Check questions o 5.5: 1,2,3 o 5.6: 1 o 5.8: 1,2,3 o 5.17: 1,3 Give it Some Thought questions: 1, 2, 6 o Alluvial fan o Alluvium o Aquifer o Aquitard o Bar o Base level o Bed load o Braided stream o Cut bank o Dissolved o Load o Distributary

6 o Divide o Drainage basin o Floodplain o Geyser o Gradient o Groundwater o Incised meander o Infiltration o Karst topography o Meander o Natural levee o Oxbow lake o Permeability o Point bar o Porosity o Runoff o Spring o stalactite o stalagmite o stream valley o suspended load o unsaturated zone o water table o zone of saturation Chapter 6 Reading o P. 158 p. 160; Budget of a glacier (p. 162) Other effects (p.171); Glaciers of the Ice Age (p.172) Deserts (p.177) Concept Check Qs. o 6.2: 2 o 6.3: 1, 3 o 6.4: 4 o 6.7: 1, 2 o Abrasion o Alpine glacier o Arête o Cirque o drumlin o end moraine o esker o fiord (fjord) o glacial erratic o glacial trough o ground moraine o hanging valley o horn o ice sheet o lateral moraine

7 o medial moraine o Pleistocene epoch o Plucking o Valley glacier o Zone of accumulation o Zone of wastage Chapter 3 Reading o Sedimentary Rocks (p.62) p. 68 Concept Check Qs. o 3.3: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 o Chemical sedimentary rock o Detrital sedimentary rock o Evaporation deposit o Fossil o Lithification o Sediment o Sedimentary rock o Strata Chapter 16 Reading o P.460 Composition (p.462) o Earth-Sun Relationships (p.467) Energy, Heat, and Temp. (.472) o Heating the Atmosphere (p.477) For the Record (p.478) Concept Check Qs. o 16.1: 1,2 o 16.4: 2, 3, 4 o 16.7: 1,2 Give it Some Thought Qs. o 1, 6, 10 o Autumnal equinox o Circle of illumination o Conduction o Convection o Element (of weather and climate) o Greenhouse effect o Ozone o Radiation o Revolution o Rotation o Spring equinox o Summer solstice o Tropic of Cancer o Tropic of Capricorn o Troposphere

8 Chapter 17 o Visible light o Weather o Winter solstice Reading o Evaporation and Condensation (p.491) Sublimation (p.492) o Relative Humidity (p.493) Measure Humidity (p.496) o The Basis of Cloud (p.498) p.502 o Condensation (p.506) p. 510 Concept Check Qs. o 17.2: 1,4,6 o 17.3: 2,3 o 17.4: 1,3,4 o 17.6: 1,3,4,5 o Cirrus o Cloud o Condensation o Cumulus o Dew-point temperature o Evaporation o Front o Frontal wedging o High cloud o Humidity o Low cloud o Middle cloud o Orographic lifting o Rain shadow desert o Relative humidity o Saturation o Stratus Chapter 20 Reading o P.582- Human Impact (p.594) Concept Check Qs. o 20.2: 2 o 20.3: 1 o 20.4: 2, 3 o 20.5: 1, 2 o 20.6: 2 Give it Some Though Qs o 3, 6 o Koppen classification o Rain shadow desert

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