DO ANY TWO QUESTIONS ON EACH PAGE (EIGHT TOTAL)

1. Define granite in geological terms.

2. Describe the seasonal changes you might expect on a beach and in the shallow water offshore. That is, describe "summer" and "winter" profiles.

3. Describe and explain the refraction of ocean waves as they approach an irregular coastline.

4. Describe how sediment (and sedimentary rock) thickness varies throughout the oceans OR describe and explain what an ophiolite is.

5. Describe the planetary wind system.

6. Describe and explain drumlins, eskers and spits.

7. Describe three kinds of sand dunes.

8. What is loess? Write about its origin, location, properties, significance, etc.

9. Explain carbon fourteen (C-14) dating. On what materials is it used?

10. Explain the elastic rebound theory of earthquakes.

11. Describe seismicity at divergent OR convergent plate boundaries (location, depth, size, sense of motion, etc.).

12. What is the evidence for a liquid core in the earth? Why do we think that the earth has a liquid core?