SCI 245 Course Material - sci245dotcom

1. SCI 245 Course Material - sci245dotcom

2. SCI 245 Course Material • SCI 245 Week 1CheckPoint Study of Earth • SCI 245 Week 1 Assignment Minerals • SCI 245 Week 2 CheckPoint Fossils and the Geologic Column • SCI 245 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • SCI 245 Week 3 CheckPoint Plate Tectonic Theory • SCI 245 Week 3 Assignment Earthquakes • SCI 245 Week 4 CheckPoint Igneous Rocks • SCI 245 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • Write a summary answering the following: • What are the four requirements for a material to be classified as a mineral? • How do you differentiate between minerals? Briefly summarize the six methods to tell minerals apart. • Summarize the major difference(s) between minerals and rocks. SCI 245 Entire Course SCI 245 Week 1 Assignment Minerals

3. SCI 245 Course Material • Write a 200- to 300-word description of how these four subsystems interact with one another. In your response, identify one type of resource from each subsystem on which people depend. • Review Figure 3.6 on p. 68 of the text. How do fossils help in determining the relative age of strata? Are the three different localities around the same relative age? Explain your response. SCI 245 Week 1CheckPoint Study of Earth SCI 245 Week 2 CheckPoint Fossils and the Geologic Column

4. SCI 245 Course Material • Your instructor will assign you one of the following methods of evaluating geologic time: Absolute Dating/Numerical Age or Relative Dating. Describe your assigned method and how it is used to evaluate geologic time. Review another student’s method that is different from yours. Reply to another student who describes a different method than yours and comment on which method you think is more reliable or accurate. • Respond to the following in your paper: • When the Earth does quake and shake, how does it move? • What are the events that cause the Earth to quake and shake? • How are earthquakes measured? SCI 245 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 SCI 245 Week 3 Assignment Earthquakes

5. SCI 245 Course Material • Your younger brother is in 5th grade. He comes home and tells you to look at an animation his teacher showed him in geology class. • CheckPoint: Igneous Rocks • View the Igneous Rock animation on the student Web site. • Respond in 200- to 300-words to the following questions: • Where do igneous rocks originate? • How are they formed? SCI 245 Week 3 CheckPoint Plate Tectonic Theory SCI 245 Week 4 CheckPoint Igneous Rocks

6. SCI 245 Course Material • Review the Volcanoes video link on the student Web site. What types of volcanic features are discussed? What caused these volcanic features? What do you think the future of the Hawaiian Islands are from the geologic point of view • Resource: Clastic Sedimentary Rocks animation • Write a 700-word paper in APA format that provides an overview of how plate tectonics affects sedimentation. Answer the following questions: • Where do sedimentary rocks originate? • How are they formed? SCI 245 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 SCI 245 Week 5 Assignment Sedimentary Rocks

7. SCI 245 Course Material • CheckPoint: Weathering and Erosion • Create a 5- to 7-slide PowerPoint® of the following: • Description of difference between weathering and erosion. • Graphical representation of the following: • Mechanical weathering • Chemical weathering • Where do metamorphic rocks originate? How are they formed? • What are the two categories of metamorphic rocks? What are the distinguishing characteristics between the two categories of rocks? SCI 245 Week 5 CheckPoint Weathering and Erosion SCI 245 Week 6 CheckPoint Metamorphic Rocks

8. SCI 245 Course Material • Describe the different types of faults and discuss at least one similarity and one difference between a fault and a fold. • Glacial Landforms animation • Compare and contrast the geological features of a desert landscape and glacial landscape. Describe at least one process that creates the resulting landforms of each. • Review pp. 402–410 on Global Climate Change. Respond to the following: SCI 245 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2 SCI 245 Week 7 Assignment Deserts

9. SCI 245 Course Material • CheckPoint: Water Impacts • Review the following Ch. 12 video, “Sinking England”on the student Web site. • Review the following Web sites located on the student Web site: • Wave Refraction animation • CheckPoint: Fossil Fuels and Minerals • Respond to the following in 300- to 350-words: • Where do fossil fuels and minerals come from? SCI 245 Week 7 CheckPoint Water Impacts SCI 245 Week 8 CheckPointFossil Fuels and Minerals

10. SCI 245 Course Material • Geologic events, such as volcanic activity, play an important role in forming many of our valuable resources, such as fossil fuel, lead, copper, and gold. For example, fig. 15.21 on p. 476 of the textbook shows the role of basaltic magma in forming one of the most valuable ores to our civilization, chromium. Select an important ore mined in your state or region • Discuss in 200- to 300-words, the importance of the science of geology to us as a civilization. Provide at least two examples. For example, the ability to predict earthquakes and other disasters, or understanding mining and the use of natural resources. SCI 245 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 SCI 245 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint

11. SCI 245 Course Material • Final Project: Factors and Forces of Geological Features • Choose a state or one of the following regions: • Region 1: Interior Plain • Region 2: Appalachian Highlands • Region 3: Rocky Mountain System • Region 4: Pacific Mountain System SCI 245 Week 9 Final Project Factors and Forces of Geological Fe

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