OCS 1005 : Exam 1 Study Guide
15 Mar 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Structure of the earth (i. e. ; lithosphere, asthenosphere, mantle etc. ) Radioactive dating - uranium to lead for dating ancient rocks. Convergent, divergent and transform plate boundaries, and what happens at each. Cross-sections of atlantic and pacific oceans as given in class. Grain size distribution from pebbles to clays and its significance. Evidence for sea floor spreading (be able to define each) The dance of the continents and how we are able to locate where continents were in the past. Know the cross sections of the atlantic and pacific oceans as presented in class; i. e. ; the ocean"s. Similarity of fossils and minerals between africa and south america. Variation in thickness of ocean sediments (importance of red clays). Convection cell (and what the driving force is) Familiarize yourself with the map of the sea floor in your text. Be able to compare the relative cross sections of the ocean and continents.
