DO ANY TWO ON EACH PAGE. EIGHT TOTAL. PLEASE ANSWER WITH SENTENCES AND CAREFULLY LABELED PICTURES.

1. Give three kinds of places where deserts are located. Give an example of each.

2. Compare and contrast shield volcanoes and stratovolcanoes. Give an example of each.

3. Explain the role of loess in the battle of Waterloo OR write about loess (what is it? where found? origin?, etc.).

4. Describe three geologic features that tell us the flow direction of a vanished glacier.

5. Explain the elastic rebound theory of earthquakes.

6. Iran is a land with many earthquakes. Explain how can we use seismology to distinguish a natural earthquake from an underground nuclear bomb test.

7. Describe the three kinds of plate boundaries.

8. Describe three features that a geologist can use to determine whether sedimentary strata are right-side-up or overturned.

9. Explain the evidence for a liquid iron outer core in the earth.

10. Compare and contrast limestone and marble; sandstone and quartzite.

11. What are three kinds of metamorphism? In what kind of place is each going on today?

12. What is the magnetic reversal time scale (geomagnetic time scale)? On what evidence is it based ?