1. #1 (please COPY BFP questions on your purple sheet) 5/31/12 1. How would a sedimentary rock change into an igneous rock? 2. How would an igneous rock turn into a sedimentary rock? 3. What type of rock is granite? If its exposed to heat and pressure, what would it become? (name the rock type and the rock) BFP: #9 Which type of volcano is Mt. St. Helens? BFP: #10 What type of magma is produced in Hawaiian volcanoes? ( and how much silica/gas content does it have?)

2. #2 6/1/12 1. We know that earthquakes bring new rock to the earth’s surface today and we assume that it worked exactly the same way 4.5 billion years ago. This is an example of the Principle of ______. 2. The Law of Original ________ would help us understand that these tilted layers were once _________. If so, which layer is the oldest, A or B? 3. The Law of ______ ______ would state that this igneous _____ is younger/older than the rock that it is in. A B

3. BFP’s (be sure to copy the whole question) 6/1/12 11. Volcanoes change the earth system in all the following ways except: a. Removing ozone from the atmosphere b. Destroying parts of the biosphere c. Providing rocks that weather into fertile farmland d. Lava flows adding new land to the geosphere 12. Which of the following is true regarding the water table? a. it is always the same height b. the layers above it are saturated c. the layers below it are saturated d. it is always at the surface

4. To prepare for an exam….  Give yourself plenty of time  Read over your notes every night  Paraphrase the text book and the teacher’s notes  Read something, cover it up, and recite it back until you know it.  Don’t memorize it. Understand it.

5. #3 (please COPY BFP questions on your purple sheet) 6/4/12 1. What types of textures do igneous rocks have? (4) 2. Are mafic rx usually dark or light colored? What’s the other kind of igneous rock? 3. What types of textures do sed. rx have? (3) BFP #13: Land that slopes into a river is called_____. BFP #14: Which areas of the earth are most likely to experience earthquakes? What’s the “Ring of Fire”?

6. #4 (please COPY BFP questions on your purple sheet) 6/5/12 1. List the laws used to relatively date rocks. (4) 2. What is it called to date a rock as, say, 1 million years old? 3. What types of elements allow us to date things as 1 million years old, for instance? 4. What is radioactive decay? What’s a half-life? BFP #15: The deepest earthquakes are found mainly along ____ plate boundaries.