Volcano Section

1. Name and illustrate three major types of volcanoes.

2. Describe the physical differences between Shield, Strato Volcano "Composite" and Cinder Cone volcanoes.

3. Describe the differences and nature of each type of volcanoes pyroclastic flows or projectiles. (Gifted Only)

4. Understand how the "Pacific Hotspot" created the state of Hawaii. (Gifted Only)

5. Understand all vocabulary terms associated with the structure of Volcanoes such as Sill, Dike, Crater, Caldera,  Neck, Laccolith and Batholith.

6. Subduction of plates create Volcanic Arc Systems. (Gifted Only)

7. Describe the relationship between volcanoes, earthquakes and plate boundaries.

8. Locate 'The Ring of Fire" on a world map.

Glacier Section

9. Name two basic types of Glaciers and describe their differences.

10. Define the term glacier.

11. Illustrate and Describe glacial terms such as Cirques, Arête, Horn, Crevasse, Striation Marks etc.

12. Gravity's interaction with glaciers and their formation. (Gifted Only)

13. Describe how glaciers alter the land.

14. What is a "Fjord."

15. What do glaciers create as they retreat?

16. Why is some glacial ice "Blue-Green?" (Gifted Only)

17. Using Diagrams label parts of a Glacier.

18. How does nature reclaim land once covered by glaciers? (Gifted Only)

19. What are Drumlins?

20.What is an Erratic?

21. What is Calving and what product does it create?

22. Describe an Iceberg.

23. Are glaciers good indicators of climatic change on Earth and why? (Gifted Only)