Test 5 Physical Science PHS South Anderson Road Rock Hill, SC Beiser Chapter Geology
Chap 37 Beiser p.273 Earth Materials
Minerals Beiser p.273 The building blocks of rocks.
Igneous Rocks formed by cooling molten rock. Beiser p.273
Igneous Rocks Beiser p.273
Sedimentary Sandstone Limestone Shale Conglomerate Gypsum Rocks formed by layers of sediment being compacted and cemented. Beiser p.274
Sedimentary Minerals
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks that have been changed into a new form by tremendous heat and pressure deep in the Earth. Beiser p.274 Beiser p.273
Metamorphic Rocks
Rock Cycle Beiser p.274
Cleavage Planes Beiser p.276
Chap 38 Beiser p.281 Erosion & Sedimentation
Weathering Beiser p.281
Streams Beiser p.281 Fast water removes sediment Slow water deposits sediment
Deltas & Fans Beiser p.281
Glaciers Beiser p.281 moraine
Wind & Waves Beiser p.282
Chap 39 Beiser p.290 Vulcanism & Diastrophism
Volcanos Beiser p.290
Mt. Saint Helens Beiser p.290 May 18, 1980 energy = ten million tons dynamite Sixty-three people were killed Billion dollars of damage 200 homes destroyed 185 miles destroyed entire forests blown down like match sticks
Laccolith Beiser p.290
Faults Beiser p.290
Chap 40 Beiser p.297
Seismic Waves Beiser p.297
Earthquakes Beiser p.297
Seismogram
Earthquake Data Eureka, CA P-S: 50 Seconds Amp: 280 P-S: 64 Seconds Amp: 100 P-S: 50 Seconds Amp: 280 Elko, NV P-S: 72 Seconds Amp: 60 Las Vegas, NV /VirtualEarthquake/ Beiser p.297
How Far Away Station S-P Inteveral Epicenteral Distance Eureka, CA 50 seconds 488 KM Elko, NV 72 seconds 695 KM Las Vegas, NV 64 seconds 625 KM Beiser p.297
Epicenter Beiser p.297
Magnitude Beiser p.297
Loma Prieta 1989: 62 Dead, 3000 Injured, $7 Billion Damage Beiser p.297
Earth Layers Beiser p.298
Chap 41 Beiser p.306
Ocean Floors Beiser p.306
Plates Beiser p.306
Plate Tectonics Beiser p.306