Geology Final

Which geologic Law(s) and/or Principle(s) would you use to assist you to relatively age date rocks?

Why type of fossils might assist you and what specific qualities should they have to be useful?

Briefly describe the differences between the oceanic and continental crust and what these important differences results in.

What can we learn about Earth from studies of Paleomagnetism?

Identify the plate boundary type of the Puerto Rico Trench.

Identify the plate boundary type of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Briefly describe the plate tectonic setting associated with the Kilauea Volcano?

Name an important nonsilicate mineral.

What is the most important rock-forming mineral?

Name the three basic rock types

Briefly explain what Bowen’s Reaction Series tells us about the crystallization process.