1)  Be able to talk about Seattle and Portland with regards to the faults and how active they are in each region

2)  Understand the difference between a rock and a mineral

3)  Describe where volcanoes are located on earth and why they are found where they are.

4)  Understand the relative compositional difference with regards to iron and silicon for felsic, intermediate, mafic and ultramafic rocks

5  What are three things that can cause rock to melt?

6)  What is partial melting and how is the magma generated different from the rock it came from?

7)  Know what melting process is occurring at

                Subduction zones

                Divergent boundaries

                Hot Spots

8)  How do geologist determine the origin of ancient basalt/andesite/rhyolite deposits?

9)  What are intrusive and extrusive rocks and how are they different from each other?

10)  Understand how the following rocks are different from each other compositionally

            Basalt, Andesite and Rhyolite

11)  What is a pyroclastic rock and be able to give an example.

12)  What is viscosity and what are three things that will change the viscosity of magma?

13)  How does the viscosity of the magma relate to the shape of the volcanic structure it forms?

14)  How does the viscosity of the magma relate to the explosivity of the volcano?

15)  Be able to describe the differences between shield volcanoes, cinder cones, composite (strato) volcanoes, pumice cones, and collapsed calderas.  Know the rock type and structure associated with each

16)  Understand the relative differences between the following types of volcanoes with regards to explosivity

            Hawaiian, Strombolian, Vulcanian, Vesuvian, Plinian, UltraPlinian, Phreatic

17)  What does the magnitude of an eruption measure?

18)  What does the intensity of an eruption measure?

19)  What is the VEI and what is it based on