GEO 101- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 31 pages long!)

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Geological Sciences
• Course: GEO 101
• Professor: Laura Whitaker

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New method uses weight: the celestial neighborhood gain from impact with planetoid. Inner: ea(cid:396)th"s i(cid:374)te(cid:396)io(cid:396) la(cid:455)e(cid:396)s, crust, continental, oceanic, mantle, upper, lower, core, outer liquid. It convects; hot mantle rises, cold mantle sinks: three subdivisions: upper, transitional, lower, core, outer core, ea(cid:396)th"s (cid:373)ag(cid:374)etis(cid:373) (cid:272)o(cid:373)es f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the oute(cid:396) (cid:272)o(cid:396)e. Isotopes of the same chemical elements: carbon 14 vs. carbon 12, different neutrons, same protons and electrons, different weight, same chemical properties, chemical bonds. Ionic: one positive (cation), one negative (anion, oppositely charged ions, covalent, sharing electrons, metallic, electrons migrates among atoms, good conductivity, ex. Copper and gold: van der waals, weak attractive force between electrically neutral atoms, no electrons available to form bonds, ex. = 2. 7 g/cm3: ex. magnetite, reaction to hydrochloric acid, ex. dolomite, double refraction, ex. calcite, taste, ex. Pelee (in the caribbean: martinique, lesser antilles, erupted 1902, 28,000 killed largest number of casualties from volcanic eruption this century, mt.