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Geology 3: Planet Earth

Geology 3: Planet Earth. Section 1: 0900-1015; DH 306 Section 2: 1330-1445; DH 208. Contact information:. Instructor: Paula Jefferis Office: DH 419 Telephone: 408-924-5016 Email: paula.jefferis-nilsen@sjsu.edu. Welcome to the spring 2011 semester!.

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Geology 3: Planet Earth

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  1. Geology 3: Planet Earth Section 1: 0900-1015; DH 306 Section 2: 1330-1445; DH 208

  2. Contact information: Instructor: Paula Jefferis Office: DH 419 Telephone: 408-924-5016 Email: paula.jefferis-nilsen@sjsu.edu

  3. Welcome to the spring 2011 semester! • Wishing you success during the semester! • Regular attendance with active participation, understanding material, and completing assignments helps achieve this goal. • These classes are large so make a point of making a visit during office hours especially if the material is overwhelming http://www.sjsu.edu/people/paula.jefferis-nilsen

  4. Earth Science and the Environment, Thompson and Turk • Read covered chapters • Emphasis and exam questions are covered in lecture but some exam questions come directly from book • Understand figures that explain topics • At least read the summary before class • Each week one or two figures or sections will be assigned for the following week

  5. Assignments and exams:

  6. Assignments and exams:

  7. All written work must be submitted to turnitin.com • Register and understand how the system works

  8. Earth Science: • Astronomy: 4 classes; chapters 21-24 • Geosphere: 8 classes; chapters 1-4; 7-9 • Hydrosphere: 6 classes; chapters: 5; 14 and 15 • Atmosphere: 4 classes; chapters 16-19 Many topics with a wide range of detail are covered throughout the semester. Make sure you ask questions or come visit during office hours before information is too overwhelming.

  9. I. Solar system Creation

  10. Sun, planets and Earth’s moon

  11. Comets and asteroids Comet McNaught Over Chile , 2007 Asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars

  12. Part II: Geosphere: minerals and rocks

  13. National and state park oral report and essay

  14. Geosphere Chemically and physically distinct layers • Solid Earth USGS Heat transfer from the hot internal Earth to the cooler surface.

  15. Part III: The Active Earth • Earthquakes and plate tectonics Plate tectonics Haiti

  16. Volcanoes

  17. IV. Hydrosphere

  18. Hydrosphere

  19. Running water: erosion, deposition of sediments, and creation of landforms Merced River, Sierra Nevada Mississippi River Delta

  20. Hydrosphere: oceans • Currents flow in complex patterns affected by wind, the water's salinity and heat content, bottom topography, and the earth's rotation Smithsonian

  21. V. Atmosphere • 99% of gases are concentrated in the first 30 kilometers (20 miles) Temperature change

  22. Meteorology

  23. Biosphere: interaction Diatoms Bald Eagle Coral and fish Redwood trees

  24. Get to know your neighbor: • Write your name • Answer question 1 • Break into groups by table • Introduce yourselves and take down the other student’s contact information • Write down a fellow student’s name and ask question 3 • Repeat the above step only you make a response so the other student may take down your response

  25. Describe what you see in this figure:

  26. What is Earth System science? • Land, water, air, and life forms are interconnected • Each subsystem is part of a whole Open system: energy and matter flow into and out of the system

  27. The Hydrologic Cycle

  28. The Rock Cycle

  29. Academic Integrity • The Golden Rule • Do onto others as you would have them do onto you • My rule • Do not behave in a manner that you would not be able to tell your favorite grandparent, aunt, or uncle about.

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