1. Tuesday January 11, 2011 (Review for Semester Final Exam – Day 4)

2. The Launch Pad Tuesday, 1/11/11 No Launch Pad Today.

3. Announcements Please remember these two important points: You cannot remediate your semester final exam. After the first semester ends, you cannot go back and improve your grade on any six-weeks of the first semester.

4. Assignment Currently Open Pages Date of Notes on Website Date IssuedDate Due Five Multiple Choice Questions on Plate Tectonics 11/1111/12 Project – Decade Volcanoes 11/1511/19 Project – Killer Earthquakes 11/1712/1 Project – Greatest Mountains 11/1912/3 Project – Fossils12/212/9 Lab: Properties of Minerals 12/1312/14 Video Quiz – Rocks & Minerals 12/15 Project – Types of Rocks12/151/5

5. Review for Semester Final Exam Day 4

6. 46 Archaeopteryx was the link between: reptiles and birds.

7. 47 According to the chart, when did mammals branched off from reptiles? before dinosaurs were the dominant land animals

8. 48 Which type of tectonic plate event formed the Andes Mountains of Chile? a convergent plate boundary

9. 49 What does this series of drawings depict? the formation of the Atlantic Ocean.

10. 50 What does this picture show? an oceanic – continental plate convergence

11. 51 What type of tectonic plate event formed this volcanic island arc? an oceanic – oceanic plate convergence

12. 52 What type of tectonic plate event is the San Andreas fault that runs under San Francisco? a transform plate boundary

13. 53 Find the divergent plate boundary zones in this picture.

14. 54 Identify the two dating methods that are illustrated in this picture. relative dating numerical dating

15. 55 Put the rock layers in this picture in order from oldest to youngest according to the Law of Superposition. oldest: Supai Group Hermit Shale Coconino Sandstone Toroweap Formation youngest: Kaibab Limestone

16. 56 According to the Principle of Original Horizontality, what can be determined about the rock layers in this picture of the Grand Canyon? The layers of rock have not been deformed since they were deposited.

17. 57 According to the Principle of Original Horizontality, what can be determined about the rock layers in this picture? They must have been moved into that position by crustal disturbances sometime after their deposition.

18. 58, 59, 60 Use the picture below to answer these three questions. 58. The point labeled A represents a(n): nonconformity 59. The point labeled B represents a(n): angular unconformity 60. The point labeled C represents a(n): disconformity

19. 61 What general classification of fossils are illustrated in this picture? These teeth are classified as unmodified fossils.