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GLG 101 Entire Course • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • GLG 101 Assignment: Relative and Absolute Geologic Time Lab • GLG 101 Assignment: Earthquake Technology Lab • GLG 101 Assignment: Volcanic Products Lab PART 2 OF 2 • GLG 101 Assignment: Volcanic Products Lab PART 1 OF 2 • GLG 101 Assignment: Relative and Absolute Geologic Time Lab PART 1 OF 2 • GLG 101 Assignment: Relative and Absolute Geologic Time Lab PART 2 OF 2 • GLG 101 Assignment: Deserts Lab
GLG 101 Final Project: Title Factors and Forces of Geological Features • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: U.S. Geological Survey Web site and Appendix A • 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 • Region 5: Atlantic Plain
GLG 101 Week 1 Assignment: Minerals • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: Ch. 2 of the text, Virtual Mineral Lab, and Appendixes B & C • Conduct the minerals lab by clicking on the following link: http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/%5Cvirtual_lab/virtual_lab.html.Use the mineral worksheet found in Appendix B to record your observations and results in identifying different minerals. • 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 differences between minerals and rocks.
GLG 101 Week 1 CheckPoint: Study of Earth • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: Ch. 1 of the text and Nebular Theory animation • Write a 200- to 300-word description of the three branches and three systems of geology. • Review the animation at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com:8100/legacy/college • /skinner/0471152285/animations/animations/mod_1/nebular_theory.html • Respond to the following: According to the nebular theory, how did the solar system develop? How is uniformitarianism related to the evolution of Earth and the solar system?
GLG 101 Week 2 CheckPoint: Fossils and the Geologic Column • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resource: Ch. 3 of the text and p. 12 of Geoscience Laboratory • Post your responses to the following in the individual forum: • 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. • Reference p. 12 of the lab book. What periods are the fossils from in Figure 3.6? What does this say about the area in Figure 3.6?
GLG 101 Week 3 Assignment: Earthquakes • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resource: Ch. 6 of the text and the Igneous Rock animation • View the animation at http://www.wiley.com/college/strahler/0471480533/animations/ch12_animations/animation1.html • Respond in 200 to 300 words to the following questions: • Where do igneous rocks originate? • How are they formed? • What are the two categories of igneous rocks?
GLG 101 Week 3 CheckPoint: Plate Tectonic Theory • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: Ch. 4 of the text and Continents of the Past animation • Respond to the following scenario: • Your younger brother is in fifth grade. He comes home and tells you to look at an animation his teacher showed him in geology class. • Review the animation at http://www.wiley.com/college/strahler/0471480533/animations/ch13_animations/animation3.html • After viewing the animation, your brother has a look of disbelief on his face, “C’mon, really?
GLG 101 Week 4 DQS • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Discussion Question 1: • Post your description and responses in the main forum under the DQ 1 thread. • Due day 2. • Review the Hot Spot animation at http://www.wiley.com/college/strahler/0471480533/animations/ch14_animations/hot_spot.html. • Post your response to the following: Describe how plate tectonics is related to the formation of volcanoes. Which type of plate margin commonly forms volcanoes? Name one of the most popular volcanoes in the United States or the world. Review
GLG 101 Week 5 Assignment: Sedimentary Rocks • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: Ch. 8 of the text and the Clastic Sedimentary Rocks animation • View the animation at http://www.wiley.com/college/strahler/0471480533/animations/ch12_animations/animation2.html • Write a 700-word paper that provides an overview of how plate tectonics affects sedimentation. Answer the following questions: • Where do sedimentary rocks originate? • How are they formed?
GLG 101 Week 5 CheckPoint Weathering and Erosion - Please Add Own Images • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resource: Ch. 7 of the text • Create a five- to seven-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation of the following: • Description of difference between weathering and erosion. • Graphical representation of the following: • mechanical weathering • chemical weathering • water erosion • wind erosion
GLG 101 Week 6 Assignment: Metamorphic Rocks Lab PART 2 of 2 • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: pp. 108–116 of Geoscience Laboratory and Appendixes K & L • Identify and classify the rock examples in Appendix K. • Answer the Appendix L questions from your lab book. Write your responses in Appendix K. • Complete All of Appendix K & L. • Post completed Appendix K & L in the individual forum.
GLG 101 Week 6 CheckPoint: Metamorphic Rocks • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resource: Ch. 10 of the text. • Respond to the following questions in 200 to 300 words: • 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? • Post your response in the individual forum. • .
GLG 101 Week 6 DQS • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Discussion Question 1: • Post your description and responses in the main forum under the DQ 1 thread. • Due day 2. • View the Understanding Faults animation at http://www.wiley.com/college/strahler/0471480533/animations/ch14_animations/faults.html. • Describe the different types of faults and discuss at least one similarity and one difference between a fault and a fold. If the San Andreas Fault in California is to continue its activity, what does the future look like for that area? What precautions must be taken?
GLG 101 Week 7 Assignment: Deserts, Glaciers, and Climate • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: Ch. 13 of the text, China Desert video, and online animations • Review the following Ch. 13 video, China Desert: http://www.wiley.com/college/murck/0471747270/ngs_videos/china_desert/index.html • Review the following animations:
GLG 101 Week 7 CheckPoint: Water Impacts • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: Ch. 11 of the text, Sinking England video, and online animations • Review the following Ch. 12 video, Sinking England: http://www.wiley.com/college/murck/0471747270/ngs_videos/sinking_england/index.html • Review the following Web sites:
GLG 101 Week 8 CheckPoint: Fossil Fuels and Minerals • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: Ch. 15 of the text and Web sites on fossil fuels • Respond to the following in 300 to 350 words: • Where do fossil fuels and minerals come from? • Describe how at least one fossil fuel and mineral is formed from its sources. • Navigate to the following Web sites to help in your research:
GLG 101 Week 8 DQS • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Discussion Question 1: • Post your description and responses in the main forum under the DQ 1 thread. • Due day 2. • Post your response to the following: 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 text shows the role of basaltic magma in forming one of the most valuable ores to our civilization, chromium.
GLG 101 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resource: Visualizing Geology • 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. • Post your response to the individual forum.
LG 101 Assignment: Deserts Lab • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: pp. 265–276 of Geoscience Laboratory and Appendix M • Answer the Appendix M questions from your lab book. Write your responses in Appendix M. • Complete ALL of Appendix M. • Post completed Appendix M to the individual forum.
GGLG 101 Assignment: Earthquake Technology Lab • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: pp. 156–170 of Geoscience Laboratory and Appendix F • Answer the questions listed in Appendix F from the lab book. Write your responses in Appendix F. • Complete ALL of Appendix F. • Post the completed Appendix F in the individual forum.
GLG 101 Week 6 Assignment: Metamorphic Rocks Lab PART 1 of 2 • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: pp. 108–116 of Geoscience Laboratory and Appendixes K & L • Identify and classify the rock examples in Appendix K. • Answer the Appendix L questions from your lab book. Write your responses in Appendix K. • Complete All of Appendix K & L. • Post completed Appendix K & L in the individual forum.
GLG 101 Assignment: Groundwater Lab • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resource: pp. 213–227 of Geoscience Laboratory and Appendix N. • Answer the Appendix N questions from your lab book. Write your responses in Appendix N. • Complete ALL of Appendix N. • Post completed Appendix N to the individual forum.
GLG 101 Assignment: Relative and Absolute Geologic Time Lab PART 1 OF 2 • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: pp. 89–104 of Geoscience Laboratory and Appendixes I & J • Identify and classify the rock examples in Appendix I. • Answer the Appendix questions from your lab book. Write your responses in Appendix J. • Complete ALL of Appendix J. • Post completed Appendixes I and J and post them in the individual forum.
GLG 101 Assignment: Relative and Absolute Geologic Time Lab PART 2 OF 2 • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: pp. 89–104 of Geoscience Laboratory and Appendixes I & J • Identify and classify the rock examples in Appendix I. • Answer the Appendix questions from your lab book. Write your responses in Appendix J. • Complete ALL of Appendix J. • Post completed Appendixes I and J and post them in the individual forum.
GLG 101 Assignment: Relative and Absolute Geologic Time Lab • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: pp. 4–20 of the lab book and Appendix E • Answer the questions in Appendix E from the lab book. • Complete ALL of Appendix E. • Post the completed Appendix E in your individual forum.
GLG 101 Assignment: Topographic and Contour Maps Lab Appendix D • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: pp. 32–45 of Geoscience Laboratory and Appendix D • Answer ALL questions in Appendix D • Write your responses in Appendix D. • Complete Appendix D. • Post the completed Appendix D in the individual forum.
GLG 101 Assignment: Volcanic Products Lab PART 2 OF 2 • For more course tutorials visit • www.uophelp.com • Resources: pp. 69–86 of Geoscience Laboratory and Appendixes G & H • Identify and classify the rock examples in Appendix G. • Answer the questions in Appendix H from your lab book in Appendix H. Write your responses in Appendix H. • Complete ALL of Appendix H. • Post completed Appendixes G & H in the individual forum.
GLG 101 Course Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com