Exam 1 Study guide

 

Common elements in earth’s curst (relative abundance)

Mineral (def)

Atom

            Particle

            Charges

            Location of particle

Moh’s hardness scale (def, example hard and soft)

Physical properties of minerals

            Hardness

            Luster

            Cleavage

Common minerals in sedimentary rocks

Agents of metamorphism

Degree of metamorphism

Igneous rocks (def)

            Texture (def and example)

Bowen’s reaction (def, order of weathering)

Marble

Where is weathering most effective

Spheroidal weathering

Mass wasting

            Controlling factors

            Frost wedging

            Slump

Erosion (def)

            Agents

Stream Discharge

Drainage patterns

Stream meanders

Ice age glaciers (effect)

Glacial features

            Erosional

            Depositional

Loess