ELEMENTS OF
GEOLOGY ASSIGNMENTS
FALL SEMESTER 2009
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Date Assigned |
Assignments |
Date Due |
| Aug 27 | Sign on to the Geology Email List. Click here for instructions, or see the hand-out you received in class. | Sep 03 |
| Aug 27 | Answer the Questions for Review on page 15 of your textbook (5th ed.), and email me the answers. | Sep 03 |
| Aug 27 | Write one paragraph on the Nature of Science, and a second paragraph on what is meant by a Scientific Theory. See the Nature of Science link on my Resource page. Email me the paragraphs. | Sep 08 |
| Sep 08 | Go to this webpage: http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_lutgens_essentials_8/0,6602,236623-,00.html , select Concept Review in the left-hand column and answer questions 1 - 15. Send me the results after you have answered all of the 15 questions correctly. | Sep 15 |
| Sep 16 | Go to the website http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_lutgens_foundations_4/0,9084,1313088-,00.html Click on the Multiple Choice link on the left side of the page and do the 12 questions. Submit the results to me once you have scored 100% | Sep 22 |
| Oct 5 |
Go to this webpage:
http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_lutgens_essentials_8/0,6602,237624-,00.html Select the Concept Review link in the left-hand column. Answer the 25 questions, and when you have scored 100%, send the results to me: edson@uamont.edu |
Oct 13 |
| Oct 27 |
Go to chapter 6 in the
textbook website http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_lutgens_foundations_4/0,9084,1313343-,00.html Click on the Multiple Choice link on the left side of the page and do the 12 questions. Submit the results to me once you have scored 100%. |
Nov 3 |
| Oct 27 |
BONUS - 10 points Here's an interesting journal account about an earthquake, a volcano and a tsunami that occurred along the coast of Chile in 1835. It was written by Charles Darwin during his voyage around the world. Go to the following link, and then select chapter 14. http://www.literature.org/authors/darwin-charles/the-voyage-of-the-beagle/ If you don't feel like reading the whole chapter, then scroll down to the date February 20th and start there. Write a summary (around 200 words) of his experiences and observations, and email it to me: edson@uamont.edu |
Nov 3 |
| Oct 29 | Your next 10 point assignment is to go online to the following weblink: http://www.sciencecourseware.com/virtualearthquake/ Do not do the NEW and revised version. Go to the bottom of the webpage and click on the Execute button. Select one of the earthquake locations and complete the exercise. Print out the certificate and turn that in to me, or email it to me at edson@uamont.edu | Nov 5 |
| Nov 18 |
For 10 points each, write one multiple choice question from the material that we will cover in chapter 15 (pg. 396-407), and one multiple choice question from the material that we will cover in chapter 16 (pg. 448-450) 5th edition textbook. Both of the questions are to be of your own creation. Each question needs to have four possible answers. Do not use "all of the above" or "none of the above" as possible answers. Label the correct answer with an asterisk (*). Use this format. The questions MUST be in the format above or you will not receive credit. Email the questions to me. |
Nov 24 |
| Nov 29 |
Go to chapter 8 in the textbook website http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_lutgens_foundations_4/0,9084,1313467-,00.html Click on the Multiple Choice link on the left side of the page and do the 15 questions. Submit the results to me once you have scored 100% |
Dec 3 |
| Dec 4 |
Go to chapter 8 in the textbook website http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_lutgens_foundations_4/0,9084,1313467-,00.html Click on the Critical Thinking link on the left side of the page and do the 10 questions. Submit the results to me once you have scored 100% There is a mistake in the answers for question 4. The "D. early Paleozoic" answer should read "early Precambrian", and match with the "origin of the Earth". |
Dec 10 |