ISCI 1A24 Study Guide - Final Guide: Radiometric Dating, Continental Crust, Oceanic Crust

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Integrated Science
• Course: ISCI 1A24
• Professor: Carolyn Eyles

Document Summary

Part a: definitions (12) sentence or description. Part b: local area (10) solely based on rp0. Review all in textbook chapters (at least 4 on midterm). Replicate and explain (label and/or paragraph on side). Solar nebula, how solar system formed, know differentiation process: heavy materials inside, gases outside. Rock planets more dense than gaseous planets. Age of universe and solar system (50 million to form, 4. 6 billion years old, same as earth) Differentiated other planets, based on evidence of mass would be lighter if constant composition. How to calculate (daughter and parent products) Assumptions made when doing radiometric dating (3: enough parent material present, no daughter material, system must be closed) Which rocks are best to date (not sedimentary, when rocks melt and solidify, the clock is reset ) Difference between oceanic (basalt) and continental (granite) crust. Seismic waves that can pass through fluid, how we know structure of earth as a result.