Assessment criteria. Unit 10: The evolution of the Earth's relief

1. Describe the stages of the Wilson cycle.
2. State the effects of plate dynamics and the geological processes produced by them.
3. Distinguish between endogenous and exogenous processes.
4. Explain what magmatism consists of, the conditions required for it to take place and the geological places where it occurs.
5. Differentiate plutonic and volcanic activity (process and characteristics of the rocks formed).
6. Know the parts of a volcano and the material expelled by it.
7. Explain what metamorphism consists of, the conditions required for it to take place and the geological places where it occurs.
8. Define joint, fault, earthquake and fold.
9. Differentiate the three types of faults.
10. Differentiate the types of folds according to their shape and to the inclination of the axial plane.
11. Define weathering, denudation, erosion, transportation and sedimentation.
12. Explain how a sedimentary rock is formed (origin of sediments and diagenesis) and where they are formed.