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This will cover how Geologist Study the Earth, Plate Tectonics and Minerals. It is composed of 5 short answer questions, 5 matching and 10 true/false

You should know what determines a mineral and how minerals are identified (think of your experiences in lab)

There are examples of minerals for each mineral class, you should know them. Again this is lecture and lab.

There are proofs of plate tectonics both from Alfred Wagner and from later. You should know them. The later ones you should be able to explain them and how they are formed and what minerals might be involved.

You should know the parts of the different plate boundaries.

You have been given multiple examples of plate boundaries and steps in divergence, you should know them.

You should know the spheres of our planet, both inner and outer and how they interact and what powers them.

There is a guiding principle in science, you should know this principle for proving theories of science and how it has to be modified for geology.

There is a guiding principle in geology that describes how the process of the earth works over time, you should know this.