1 / 12

SCI 245 Courses - sci245dotcom

SCI 245 is an online course which provides you to get best results.

veeru56
Download Presentation

SCI 245 Courses - sci245dotcom

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. SCI 245 Courses - sci245dotcom

  2. SCI 245Courses SCI 245 Entire Course SCI 245 Week 1 Assignment Minerals • 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 • Assignment: Minerals • Conduct the mineral lab at: http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/%5Cvirtual_lab/virtual_lab.html and use the mineral worksheet found in Appendix C 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?

  3. SCI 245Courses SCI 245 Week 1CheckPoint Study of Earth SCI 245 Week 2 CheckPoint Fossils and the Geologic Column • CheckPoint: Study of Earth • Review Ch.1 in Visualizing Geography. This chapter discusses the Earth as a system comprised of four subsystems. • 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. • CheckPoint: Fossils and the Geologic Column • 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. • Refer to the USGS Web site: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/fossils.html. What periods are the fossils from in Figure 3.6? What does this say about the area in Figure 3.6?

  4. SCI 245Courses SCI 245 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 SCI 245 Week 3 Assignment Earthquakes • Discussion Questions • 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. • Assignment: Earthquakes • Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in APA format that distinguishes the types of plate margins and how they move. Also, discuss why earthquakes are common along plate margins or boundaries. • 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? • Briefly describe the two types of body waves an earthquake creates.

  5. SCI 245Courses SCI 245 Week 3 CheckPoint Plate Tectonic Theory SCI 245 Week 4 CheckPoint Igneous Rocks • CheckPoint: Plate Tectonic Theory • 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? • What are the two categories of igneous rocks? • What are the distinguishing characteristics between the two categories of rocks?

  6. SCI 245Courses SCI 245 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 SCI 245 Week 5 Assignment Sedimentary Rocks • 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. If you need assistance, review the Ring of Fire animation on the student Web site or http://nationalatlas.gov/dynamic/dyn_volcano.html. Discuss whether or not the volcano is active and how it has impacted the area. • Assignment: Sedimentary Rocks • 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?

  7. SCI 245Courses SCI 245 Week 5 CheckPoint Weathering and Erosion SCI 245 Week 6 CheckPoint Metamorphic Rocks • 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 • CheckPoint: Metamorphic Rocks • 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?

  8. SCI 245Courses SCI 245 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2 SCI 245 Week 7 Assignment Deserts, Glaciers, and Climate • Discussion Questions • View the Understanding Faults animation on the student Web site. • Describe the different types of faults and discuss at least one similarity and one difference between a fault and a fold. • Assignment: Deserts, Glaciers, and Climate • 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 on the student Web site: • Types of Dunes animation • Glacial Landforms animation

  9. SCI 245Courses SCI 245 Week 7 CheckPoint Water Impacts SCI 245 Week 8 CheckPointFossil Fuels and Minerals • 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 • Coastal Landforms • CheckPoint: Fossil Fuels and Minerals • 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 source(s). • Navigate to the following Web sites located on the student Web site to help in your research: • Origin Energy Fossil Gallery Web site

  10. SCI 245Courses SCI 245 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 SCI 245 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint • 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, and discuss how geologic events played a role in forming this ore. Discuss the importance of this ore in the economy of your selected area and the United States as a whole. • Capstone Checkpoint • 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.

  11. SCI 245Courses SCI 245 Week 9 Final Project Factors and Forces of Geological Fe • 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 • Region 5: Atlantic Plain

  12. SCI 245Courses

More Related