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Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 1

Geology 12 Past Provincial Exam Workbook

Includes Answer Key and Data Booklets

June 1999 Exam June 2000 Exam

January 2001 Exam June 2001Exam June 2002 Exam June 2003 Exam June 2004 Exam

August 2005 Exam


Legend

Course Unit

Title

Chapters in Physical Geology and the Environment, 2nd Canadian Edition, Plummer (2007)

BC Ministry of Education Geology 12 Curriculum

1995 PLO’s 2006 PLO’s

1 Introduction to Geology

01 A A

2 Earth

Materials 05, 06, 07, 09, 10 B, C, D, E B

3 Time and Geology

19 G, H, I, J D

4 Internal

Processes 02, 03, 04, 11 K, L, M, N, O E

5 Surface

Processes 08, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 P, Q, R, S F

6 Earth

Resources 12 F C

7 Comparative Planetology

21 T F

Note: The prescribed learning outcomes (PLO’s) used in this workbook are coded using the 1995 curriculum not the 2006 curriculum.


Unit 01: Introduction to Geology

A1. Describe geology as a discipline.

A2. Describe at least three aspects of geology that make it different from other sciences.

A3. Differentiate between rocks and minerals.

A4. Describe the formation of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, and classify rocks as: igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic.

A5. Interpret a rock cycle diagram.

A6. Demonstrate an understanding that uniformitarianism is a fundamental principle of geology.

A7. Demonstrate the ability to calculate the rates of geologic processes.

A8. Describe and utilize methods of obtaining, displaying, and analysing local and regional information about the earth.

A9. Compare and evaluate various careers associated with geological technologies and sciences.

1999 June

A1, A2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 4 2001 June

A5

A4, A5


A4, A6

2003 June

A5

A6

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 6 A7

2004 June

A3, A4, A5


Unit 02: Earth Materials (Minerals)

B1. Outline the importance and abundance of various elements in the earth’s crust.

B2. Demonstrate an ability to use the following properties in identifying minerals: simple crystal shape, cleavage, fracture, hardness, specific gravity (relative density), colour, streak, lustre, special properties, such as reaction to dilute HCl, magnetism.

B3. Use appropriate references and tests to describe and identify the following minerals: (1) silicates and aluminosilicates (quartz and varieties of quartz, potassium feldspar and plagioclase feldspar, muscovite, biotite, and talc, augite (pyroxene) and hornblende (amphibole), garnet, asbestos, olivine), (2) oxides (hematite, limonite, magnetite), (3) sulphides (pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, molybdenite, bornite), (3) carbonates and sulphates (calcite, malachite, azurite, gypsum), (4) native elements, halides and phosphates (graphite, gold, halite, fluorite, apatite).

1999 June

B1

B2, B3

B2, B3


B2

B2, B2, B3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 9 2001 January

B2, B3, B2, B3


2001 June

B2

B2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 11 B2, B3

B2, B3

B2, B3

B1


B1

B2, B3

B2, B3


B1


B1, B2

B2


2005 August

B1


B3

B2


Unit 02: Earth Materials (Igneous Rocks and Processes)

C1. Describe and demonstrate factors affecting cooling rate and crystal size.

C2. Relate texture to rate of crystallization for extrusive (volcanic) and intrusive (plutonic) igneous rocks.

C3. Identify and classify igneous rocks according to their texture (coarse or fine grained, vesicular, glassy, fragmental-pyroclastic) and composition (felsic, intermediate, mafic).

C4. Describe the features of and identify the following igneous rocks: granite, diorite, gabbro, peridotite (ultramafic), andesite, tuff, rhyolite, basalt, volcanic breccia, obsidian, pegmatite, pumice, porphyry.

C5. Describe and explain the order of crystallization of minerals from a magma (Bowen’s reaction series).

C6. Distinguish among the following volcanic features: shield volcanoes, cinder cones, composite volcanoes, columnar jointing, volcanic domes, lava plateaus.

C7. Distinguish among the following types of lava by their composition and flow behaviours, and identify or predict the rock or feature formed when the lava cools: ash flows or nuee ardente, pillow lava, aa, pahoehoe.

C8. Identify and describe batholiths, sills, dikes, xenoliths, stocks, and plutons.

1999 June

C4

C3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 18 C6, C7

C8


C1, C8

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 20 C1, C8


C3, C4

C5

C6


C3, C6, C7

C3, C4

C7

C1, C2, C3, C4


C2, C3

C3, C4

C5

C7


C3

C1, C2

C5

2003 June

C2, C3, C4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 25 C8

C6, C7

C6, C7

C6, C7


C3

C1, C2, C3, C8


C3, C4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 28 C2, C3, C4, C6, C7


2005 August

C3


C7

C1, C2


Unit 02: Earth Materials (Sedimentary Rocks and Processes)

D1. Outline the origin and process of formation of sedimentary rocks.

D2. Contrast clastic sediments with chemical (precipitate or biochemical) sediments and the rocks they become.

D3. Describe the features of and identify the following sedimentary rocks: conglomerate, breccia, sandstone, siltstone, shale, limestone, chert, gypsum, rock salt, coal.

D4. Diagram and describe the following sedimentary features and use them to reconstruct hypothetical sedimentary environments: (1) sedimentary structures (stratification, crossbedding, ripple marks, mud cracks, graded bedding, varves), (2) particle size, shape, and sorting, (3) fossils and organic structures.

1999 June

D4

D3


D1, D3

D1, D3

D4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 33 D4

2001 January

D1


D4

A6, D4


D3

D4

2002 June

D1

D3


2003 June

D2, D3, D4

D2, D3


2004 June

D3

D4

D1, D4


2005 August

D1


D4

D4


Unit 02: Earth Materials (Metamorphic Rocks and Processes)

E1. Relate the types and characteristics of metamorphic rocks to parent rock, temperature, pressure, and chemical conditions.

E2. Describe the features of the following metamorphic rocks: slate, phyllite, schist, gneiss, metaconglomerate (stretched pebble), quartzite, marble.

E3. Contrast the two major categories of metamorphic rocks: foliated and non-foliated.

E4. Contrast the two types of metamorphism: contact and regional.

E5. Describe changes that occur in the country rock and in the intrusion at a contact.

E6. Relate metamorphic rock type to the concept of metamorphic grade.

1999 June

E6

E1

E4


E1

E1, E4

A4, C2, C3, C4, D1, D3, E2


2001 January

E1, E3, E6

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 43 E1, E5

E2, E6

2001 June

E1, E5

E6

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 44 D1, D2, E1, E3

2002 June

E2

E3


E1, E2, E3

C1, E4

2004 June

E2

E1, E3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 46 2005 August

E1


Unit 03: Internal Processes (Plate Tectonics)

K1. Outline evidence for lithospheric plate motion and continental drift.

K2. Explain what is meant by seafloor spreading and outline evidence to support it.

K3. Describe convergent, divergent, and transform types of plate boundaries.

K4. Suggest possible causes for the movements of the plates.

K5. Describe the origin of magma formed during plate tectonic processes.

K6. Relate volcanic activities and features to convergent, divergent, and intraplate settings.

K7. Describe the geologic activities that occur at lithospheric plate boundaries.

K8. Relate the rock cycle to plate tectonics.

1999 June

K3

K6

K1, K7

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 48 K2, K7

K3, K7

K3, K4


K4

K3, K3, K7, K6


K1

K1, K7

K1, K2, K6


K3, K7

K3, K7

K3, K7

K4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 52 A5, C1, C2, C4, D1, E1, E2, K5

K2, K7

K5


K1

K2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 54 K3

K1, K7

K4


2002 June

K2, K3, K6, K7

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 56 K6, K7

K5, K6, K7

K2, K6, K7

K7, K3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 57 E1, E4, K7, K8

2003 June

K1

K2

K5, K6, K7

K4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 58 K1, K2, K3, K6, K7


K3, K7

K5, K7

K3, K4, K7

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 60 A7, K1, K2, K7


2005 August

K1

K3

K4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 63 A5, C2, D1, E1, K8


Unit 03: Internal Processes (Seismology)

L1. Describe fault creep and elastic rebound as they relate to seismic activity.

L2. Distinguish between magnitude and intensity.

L3. Compare and contrast the Richter and Mercalli scales.

L4. Manipulate seismograph data to determine the distance, location, and magnitude of an earthquake.

L5. Assess the seismic risks for a particular area using: geographic location, topography, ground strength, rock types, proximity to faults, construction design.

L6. Evaluate various methods of earthquake prediction (e.g., dilatancy data, seismic gap, animal behaviour).

1999 June

L2, L3

L6

L5

L1


L4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 66 L1, L6

L2, L5


L4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 68 L5

L2, L3

L2, L5


L1

L1, L6


L4

L2

L5


L1

L4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 73 L2, L3, L5


L2, L3, L5

L5


L4


2005 August

L1

L3

L4


Unit 03: Internal Processes (Earth’s Interior - Isostacy)

M1. Analyse the adjustment of the crust to changes in loads associated with volcanism, mountain building, erosion, and glaciation by using the concept of isostasy.

1999 June

M1

2000 June

M1


M1

2001 June

M1


M1

2003 June

M1

2004 June

M1


Unit 03: Internal Processes (Earth’s Interior)

N1. Give evidence for the fact that the earth is layered.

N2. Diagram or model the interior of the earth, labelling all principal parts and showing the approximate thickness of each layer.

N3. Differentiate among the layers of the earth and describe their characteristics.

1999 June

N3

L4, N1, N2, N3


2000 June

N1

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 85 L4, N1, N3


N1

N1, N3


N1, N3

N2, N3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 88 N3


N3, L3, L5, K1, K2, K3, K4


N1, N3

N3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 92 L4, N1, N3

2003 June

N1


N1, N2, N3

N1, N3

2005 August

N3

N1, N3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 94 N3


Unit 03: Internal Processes (Geologic Structures)

O1. Describe the factors that determine if a rock will behave in a plastic or brittle manner when stressed.

O2. Distinguish between faults and joints.

O3. Distinguish between dip-slip (normal, reverse, thrust), strike-slip (left lateral, right lateral) and transform faults.

O4. Relate compressional, tensional, and shear forces to the various types of faults and folds.

O5. Recognize and diagram normal, reverse, thrust, and strike-slip (transform) faults and identify these structures from maps or photographs.

O6. Interpret the dip and strike of an outcrop to determine subsurface structures.

O7. Recognize and diagram domes, basins, anticlines, synclines, and over-turned folds and identify these structures from maps or photographs.

O8. Recognize and interpret an unconformity as a geologic structure.

O9. Show the interrelationships among a geologic map, a cross section, a block diagram, and the subsurface structure and geologic history of an area.

O10. Construct a geologic map using appropriate data.


O6, O9, O3

O2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 97 O4

O7, O9, O10


2000 June

O3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 99 O7, O9

O7


G2, G4, G5, J5, O5


O3, O4, O5

O7

O6

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 102 O3, O5, O7, O9, O10


O3, O5

O7


O8

O6, O9


2002 June

O2


O6, O7

O3, O5

O4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 108 O6, O7, O9, O10

2003 June

O3


O7

O4

O8

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 110 O5, O6, O7, O9, O10

2004 June

O7

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 111 O6, O7, O9

O6, O9, O10


2005 August

O1


O6


O4, O7

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 116 K2, K3, K7, O10


Unit 04: Surface Processes (Weathering, Erosion and Mass Wasting)

P1. Distinguish between weathering and erosion.

P2. Describe the processes and effects of physical (mechanical), chemical, and biological weathering.

P3. Relate Bowen’s reaction series to a mineral’s susceptibility to chemical weathering.

P4. Identify types and causes of mass wasting.

P5. Design or evaluate methods to control mass wasting.

1999 June

P2

P4


P4, P5, P4, P5

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 119 O4, O5, O6, O7, P2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 120 P1, P2

2001 January

P1

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 121 P2

2001 June

P2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 122 P4, P5

2002 June

P4, P5

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 123 P2, P3, P4

2003 June

P2


B2, B3, C5, P2, P3,


2004 June

P3

P4


P2

2005 August

P1

P2

P4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 127 B2, P2, P3

P5


Unit 04: Surface Processes (Streams and Floods)

Q1. Identify the three types of stream load (solution, suspension, bed load) and describe how each moves in a stream.

Q2. Relate stream velocity to sediment sorting.

Q3. Relate such factors as load, gradient, discharge, channel shape, sediment composition, and human activities to erosion and deposition by streams.

Q4. Contrast particle size and shape, degree of sorting and sedimentary structures of stream, glacial, and wind deposits.

1999 June

Q3

Q4


Q4


Q3, Q3

2001 June

Q3

Q3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 131 Q4

2002 June

Q3, Q3

Q1, Q2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 132 Q1, Q2, Q4

A5, C1, C2, C3, C4, C6, C7, C8, D1, Q1, Q2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 134 D1, D2, D4, R1; Q2, Q4


2003 June

Q4

Q4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 136 Q1

T1

2004 June

Q1

Q3


Q3

Q4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 138 B2, B3, F3, Q3


Unit 04: Surface Processes (Ground Water)

S1. Describe the nature and constituents of subsurface water, including water table, zone of saturation, zone of aeration, perched and confined water tables, aquifers, and impermeable layers.

S2. Demonstrate how the abundance, availability, and movement of subsurface water are directly related to the porosity and permeability of geologic materials.

S3. Construct a subsurface water profile from sample data.

S4. Describe how the following human activities affect the quality and quantity of groundwater: (urbanization, waste disposal, agriculture, conservation and reclamation).

1999 June

S1

S2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 140 S2, S4


S1, S2, S4


2001 January

S1

S2


S4


S2, S3, S4


2003 June

S2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 146 S4

2004 June

S2

S1, S2


2005 August

S2


Unit 04: Surface Processes (Glaciers)

R1. Identify examples and distinguish between erosional and depositional glacial features: (1) erosional features (U-shaped valley, hanging valley, cirque, horn, arête, glacial striations), (2) depositional features (glacial erratic, moraine (ground, recessional, terminal, lateral, and medial), drumlin, kame terrace, esker).

R2. Reconstruct past glacial positions using erosional and depositional features.

1999 June

R1

R2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 150 R1, R2


R1

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 152 R1

R2


R1

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 155 R1, R2

2001 June

R1

R1, R2


2002 June

R1, R2

2003 June

R1, R2

R1, R2


R1

2005 August

R1


M1, R2


Unit 04: Surface Processes (Deserts and Wind)

No Provincial Exam Questions (yet)

Unit 04: Surface Processes (Coasts and Oceans)

No Provincial Exam Questions (yet)


Unit 05: Earth Resources

F1. Explain how hydrothermal activity can produce ore deposits.

F2. Describe how simple geochemical or geophysical data can be used to locate mineral, rock, or petroleum deposits.

F3. Describe the uses of mineral, rock, and energy resources of major economic importance in British Columbia, including: (1) chalcopyrite, galena, gold, sphalerite, molybdenite, gypsum, limestone, (2) construction materials, coal, oil and gas.

F4. Deduce the origin of an ore body or a mineral or petroleum resource from data and geologic descriptions of the deposit.

F5. describe the sequence of events through which oil and natural gas are believed to form

F6. Explain how a variety of factors (e.g., price, concentration, accessibility, size, and environmental considerations) determine whether or not it is economically feasible to extract a given occurrence of a mineral, rock, or energy resource.

F7. Explain the role of permeability and porosity in creating oil and gas reservoirs and traps.

F8. Describe the sequence of stages in the formation of different grades of coal.

1999 June

F3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 162 F4, F2

F7

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 163 F8

F1, F6


F1, F3

F3

F1, F4

F5


2001 January

F3

F4, F5, F7


F8

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 167 F1, F3, F6

2001 June

F3


F1


2002 June

F1, F4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 170 F4, F7

F7

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 171 F2, F3, F4, F5, F8


F4, F7

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 173 D3, E1, E2, E6, F3, F6, F8


2004 June

F1, F6


F3

2005 August

F3

F8


Unit 06: Time and Geology (Relative Dating)

G1. Define relative age and absolute age, and differentiate between them

G2. Determine the relative ages of different formations using the principles of: faunal succession, uniformitarianism, original horizontality, cross-cutting relationships, correlation, superposition, included fragments.

G3. Correlate sequences of rock with each other using guide fossils or rock data.

G4. Identify and interpret an unconformity as a break in the time record.

G5. Interpret the history of a sequence of rock units and structures.

1999 June

G1

G2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 177 G4


G2


G2

2001 January

G2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 180 J1, J2, A6, G2

2001 June

G5


2002 June

G2, G3

G2, G4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 182 G2, G5

2003 June

G2


G4


2004 June

G3


2005 August

G1

G4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 186 G2, G5


Unit 06: Time and Geology (Absolute Dating)

H1. Explain how the half-lives of radioactive elements are used in estimating ages of materials.

H2. Determine the age of a sample using radiometric data.

H3. Evaluate the sources of error in estimating a radiometric age.

H4. Determine the approximate age range of a sedimentary rock from absolute age data about associated, intrusive, or extrusive igneous rocks.

1999 June

H2

H1


H1, H3

H1, H1 and H3

2001 January

H1, H2, H3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 189 H1, H2

H4, G2, G4, G5


H1

H1

H4


H1, H3

2003 June

H2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 192 H3

H4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 193 H1


H1

H2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 195 G2, G5, H4


H2

H4

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 197 H2, H3


Unit 06: Time and Geology (Geologic Time Scale)

I1. Sequence the major events in the earth’s history, such as: beginning of each geologic era, formation of oldest rocks, formation of earth, earliest recorded life, invertebrates dominated, first land plants, fishes dominated, formation of coal forests, reptiles dominated, amphibians dominated, mammals dominated, appearance of flowering plants, appearance of humans, Pleistocene glaciation, Pacific Coast orogeny, Rocky Mountain orogeny.

I2. Demonstrate the ability to use the geologic time scale to help interpret the history of a sequence of rocks.

1999 June

I1

2000 June

I1


I1

I2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 200 I1, J1, J3, J5, J6, J7


I1, I2

I1

2004 June

I1

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 202 I2

2005 August

I1


Unit 06: Time and Geology (The Fossil Record)

J1. Identify the conditions necessary for the preservation of fossils.

J2. Differentiate between fossils and trace fossils.

J3. Describe the processes of original preservation, carbonization, replacement, permineralization, and mould and cast formations.

J4. Analyse the characteristics of a fossil that would make a good index (or guide) fossil.

J5. Identify and classify the following fossils using appropriate references: foraminifera, mollusca, brachiopoda, echinodermata, arthropoda (trilobites), coelenterata (corals), vertebrate, graptolites, conodonts, plants.

J6. Describe the probable environment suggested or indicated by a fossil assemblage.

J7. Relate the evidence of faunal succession from the fossil record to principles of evolution such as: punctuated equilibrium, adaptive radiation, natural selection.

1999 June

J2

J3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 204 J4

J6


J4

J7


G2, J4, A6


2001 January

J5

J3

J2

J7


J2

J5, J6

J5

J5, J6

2002 June

J2, J3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 210 J5, J6

J4, J5

J7

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 211 J1, J2, J7

2003 June

J5

J2

J3


2004 June

J1

J2

J7


J3

J3


J1

J2


J4

J6

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 217 F6, F7, G2, I2, J4, J6


Unit 07: Comparative Planetology

T1. Propose and defend criteria that help divide the planets into two groups: the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) and the outer planets.

T2. Relate the densities, compositions, and spacing of the planets to their formation, according to the nebular model for the origin of the solar system.

T3. Compare and contrast the following characteristics of Earth with the other inner planets and Earth’s moon: atmosphere, surface features, internal structures, magnetism, and cratering.

T4. Determine the geologic history of a planet or Earth’s moon, using relative age dating techniques.

1999 June

T3

T2

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 220 T1

2000 June

T4


T1, T2

2001 January

T1, T2

T3


T3

2001 June

T3


T3

T4

2002 June

T1

T3


K6, Q3, T3

2003 June

T1

T2

T3


T3

T2

T3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 226 T1, T4

2005 August

T1

T2

T3

Geology 12 Provincial Exam Workbook, R. Janssen, 10/30/2012 227 T3, T4

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