POINTERS FOR MIDTERM EXAM

I. ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH

a) Factors that make a planet habitable.
b) Planet Earth as a unique planet.
c) Similarities and differences of terrestrial planets (Venus, Earth, and Mars).

II. THE EARTH SYSTEM

a) The four major components of the Earth: Biosphere, Hydrosphere,
Atmosphere, and Litosphere.
b) Interconnectedness of the four subsystems.
c) Matter and energy transfer.

III. THE ROCK CYCLE

a) Types of Rocks
b) Rock cycle

IV. GEOLOGIC PROCESSES AND HAZARDS

V. MITIGATION TO COASTAL PROCESSES AND HAZARDS