Earth Materials and Structure
Review Questions

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1. Compare and contrast compressional and shear waves.

2. Compare and contrast the sima and sial.

3. Briefly describe the layers of the mantle.

4. Describe the basic structure of the Earth's core.

5. Compare and contrast endogenic and exogenic forces. Give examples.

6. Compare and contrast first, second, and third order relief features. Give an example for each.

7. What is a mineral and how is it different from a rock? 

8. What is the rock cycle?

9. Compare and contrast the physical features of intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks.

10. Briefly describe how a sill, dike, batholith, and laccolith form.

11. Compare and contrast the various types of sedimentary rocks. Give examples.

12. Compare and contrast the various types of metamorphism.

13. What is the fundamental difference between foliated and nonfoliated metamorphic rocks.