Midterm Exam

Lessons 1-3

1. What is the Mohs scale?
2. What is a sinkhole?
3. Describe the properties of pumice.
4. What is a lateral moraine?
5. What is a control group?
6. What is a bench mark in terms of Earth science?
7. What is a delta?
8. Describe how weathering, erosion, and deposition can help to create and destroy landforms.
9. Give examples and describe both renewable and non-renewable resources.
10. What is oxidation?
11. Define stalagmite.
12. What is a “gully?”
13. What is a sinkhole?
14. What is a seamount?
15. What is a composite volcano?
16. Define fault.
17. What is a Geiger counter?
18. What is an island arc?
19. What is an echo sounder used for?
20. What is a contour map?
21. What is a Delta?
22. Give examples of mature rivers.
23. How is slate formed?
24. Describe a quiet eruption.
25. What is “volcanism?”
26. What is a cover crop?
27. What is seafloor spreading?