You should be able to answer the questions at the end of Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10, which are covered by this test.

The test will have three short answer questions and one longer essay.

Additonal review questions for Quiz 2

  1. What is a mineral? How are minerals used to infer conditions in the interior of the earth?
  2. What determines the physical properties of minerals?
  3. According to current theories of earth development has the material that comprises the mantle ever been entirely molten? Explain. 
  4. What do you need to know to determine whether a part of the world is likely to experience explosive volcanic activity?
  5. Volcanoes come in many different shapes. Why?
  6. Why is volcanism rare along a transform plate boundary?
  7. Sketch the rock cycle.
  8. What can we learn from igneous rocks about the interior of the earth? From metamorphic rocks?
  9. Which plate boundaries are usually associated with metamorphism?