Plate TectonicsEssay Preview: Plate TectonicsReport this essayPlate TectonicsKnow how each plate boundary works and what is special about them. Be able to draw each boundary and correctly label their features.What are the special tectonic locations? How does a hotspot work? Be able to draw hot hotspotschange over time.What drives plate motions? How does each of these work; separately and together?What are the types of plate velocity? Why are they important? How do they work? How do wemeasure them?MineralsWhat are minerals and how do they differ from rocks?What are the physical properties we focus on to identify different minerals? What are minerals classes based on? What is the dominate class of minerals? What is this class so important in geology? What is the difference between light and dark silicates?
Rock CycleWhat are the different parts? Know what processes occur to transform our rocks in either a newmaterial or new rock. Be able to draw and label the rock cycle like we did in class.Magma and Igneous RocksDifference between lava and magma and intrusive and extrusive?What are the ways (3 ways) and places that magma forms?What is magma composed of and what are the 4 types? What is the Bowens reaction series andhow does it work? Know how to read Figure 4.21 on page 123, Figure 4.4 on page 111, Figure4.10 on page 115. How can magma differ? What do igneous rock textures tell us? Know aboutthe textures we discussed in class. How do they differ and what are some of the examples ofthese?What are intrusive igneous activities (or features) we talked about in class? Be able to name the2 main types and sub-types.