Chinese quiz on family members this Friday

Study family members and relatives through the following website:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/family/cn/

Tau Tona - City Of Gold - National Geographic Megastructures (46.41minutes)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkkvtf_tau-tona-city-of-gold-national-geographic-megastructures_tech

mining pro and con

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYWVqDLJCoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgAKeTGHx5g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi9bJhRZtKA

general guide to minerals

http://www.minerals.net/MineralMain.aspx
http://www.theimage.com/mineral/

the following videos might help you identify minerals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnM8ebB06MU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk4nO2KPSL0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_QLpweixjY&feature=related

6B chapter 13 open book exam 2/15/201

Define the following key words  (80%)

1. Alfred Wegener    2. Charles R. Richter        3. Giuseppe Mercalli       4. magma   5. rift zone

6. subduction     7. fault                  8. seismologist                  9. epicenter        10. reverse fault               11. mid-ocean ridge        12. strike-slip fault           13. P wave (in earthquake) 14. earthquake       

15. Richter Scale 16. modified Mercalli Scale         17. lithosphere

18. aftershocks      19. transform fault          20. Pangaea       

Answer the Multiple Choice Questions on P. 439-440  (20%)

explanation for magnetism and rocks can be found in this 16 page comic book

http://geomag.usgs.gov/comicbook/ 

explanation of the magnetic polarization in sea flloor spreading:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/developing.html

seismic waves (earthquake waves) and their motion

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/waves.html
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/seismic/index.htm

earthquakes videos

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/environment/environment-natural-disasters/earthquakes/earthquake-101/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtBXTvtFaCU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZPNjLj8hR8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl4FvHKzAlU&feature=related

6B open book quiz 02/02/2012

1.       Use your own words to explain the theory of plate tectonics. 40%

2.       Name the three types of plate boundaries and give one example (specific place) to each boundary. 60%