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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
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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?
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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.
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?
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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.
CheckPoint: Metamorphic Rocks
Respond to the following questions in 200- to 300-words:
Where do metamorphic rocks originate? How are they formed?
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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
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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
CheckPoint: Fossil Fuels and Minerals
Respond to the following in 300- to 350-words:
Where do fossil fuels and minerals come from?
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SCI 245 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2
SCI 245 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint
Discussion Questions 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.
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.
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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
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