- Discuss Darwin’s theory of organic evolution and its relationship to uniformitarianism.
- Color is not a good physical property to identify minerals. For example, feldspars can be a variety of colors. Explain why this is so. What can the color tell you about the mineral?
- What is Walther’s Law? Why is it important?
- Distinguish between a stable isotope and an unstable isotope.
- How do oxygen isotopes in the skeletons of marine organisms provide a record of past ocean temperatures?
- What are sedimentary structures? How can they be used to interpret geologic history?
- What are “oozes”? Why are carbonate oozes not found in deep marine deposits?
- Distinguish between the various types of metamorphism.
- Why is it important to identify unconformities when correlating different stratigraphic columns?
- Compare prokaryotes to eukaryotes.
- What is evolutionary convergence? Give an example.
- Explain how the concept of punctuated equilibrium accounts for the origin of new species. Compare this with phyletic gradualism
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