Geology AS Revision Unit 1

Revision for AS Level Geology Unit 1

Contents: Earth Structure; Earthquakes; Plate tectonics, Sea Floor Spreading and Continental Drift; Geological Structures.

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  • Created by: Chris
  • Created on: 12-03-11 19:47
Q F B P J B T L C U A P V A H S J E A Q O
B A S A L T D O L E R I T E G A B B R O X
G S E I S M O M E T E R J L N T K H B E W
N R X P Y I T W L B N V F R F V Q E N V S
N J J R X O N B W F Q J U O F R N V S L L
I G W U X T T S H K H Y W N B I C G I B K
S S P B D P J E H S Y T I N O S H M Y S C
A F V H C T A A G M C I S F I X P Y S Y G
B R R V C U V T V M O C F L V A A F K R E
H H W E A I A K P N M T L T C R W H Q I R
A N A S Y M M T R I C A N T I F O R M T Q
S K Y M O B M G Y X C J E V N T F I A I F
J E R H V L M K F R W J C K L U Q I G S S
G X A K D P T Q E O E O O G F X D P X X C
P W H P X T O M C C P M F T N B E E U T T
V X H R E O O I T P W K J V Y A O B L U Y
E L T U F D S A Q A I D V K X V Y G A D J
L D E X T R A L T E A R F A U L T T O A R
F U B A T H O L I T H X P Y C Y X C F W B
A B I G L H T J H P D F F E E G C U K U I
B N C P C B V Y K U M P G C F C R O E T D

Clues

  • After a Meteorite Impact, what is the name given to the inverted rock? (6, 6)
  • Is it a Dome or a Basin when the rock dips towards you? (5)
  • What device measures the ground motion? (11)
  • What is a large body of magma called? (9)
  • What is the name of the zone in a subducting plate where the most Earthquake Focus' are? (7)
  • What is the scale called that is measured on the observed intensity of an Earthquake? (8)
  • What sequence of Rocks make up the oceanic crust? (6, 8, 6)
  • You are at a tear fault. The bed rock seems to have been displaced to the right, what type of tear fault is it? (7, 4, 5)
  • You are stood on a fold's axial plane trace. The rock layers dip away from you at 60" and 30" what kind of fold is it? (2, 9, 8)

Comments

Max

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This is a great starting point for revising unit 1 and it helps you to pick out your strengths and weaknesses :)

Chris

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Cheers glad I can help :) I will probably make a Unit 2 one soon

Max

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That would be really helpful :)

Jan Hayes

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Really useful thanks

Victoria

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Really helpful, there aren't many geology resources out there, but this made a nice change

Sarah Curtis

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that was quite hard

Genny Michaels

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very useful way of revising, thank you

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