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GLG 220 Entire Course

GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 1

GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 2
GLG 220 Week 1 Summary Questions
GLG 220 Week 1 Mineral Identification Worksheet
GLG 220 Week 2 DQ 1
GLG 220 Week 2 DQ 2
GLG 220 Week 2 Plate Tectonics Paper
GLG 220 Week 2 Lab Earthquake Report
GLG 220 Week 3 DQ 1
GLG 220 Week 3 DQ 2
GLG 220 Week 3 Groundwater Lab Report

GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 1

Answer in 200-300 word count. Chooseonequestion below and titl
e your answer with Reply.
What is the basis and criteria for developing the geologic time scal
e? Based on your reading and experience, what is the most interes
ting period within the geologic time scale? Why?
What is the nature of scientific inquiry? What is the difference betw
een a scientific hypothesis and a scientific theory? How is hypothes
is and theory different from a scientific law?

GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 2

Answer in 200-300 word count. Chooseonequestion below and titl
e your answer with Reply.
What information do fossils provide about past life on Earth? What
information do fossils not provide?
Can you identify parts of a house that are made from minerals and
rocks? What parts and what specific minerals or rocks? Are there a
ny of those parts that could not be made for the house without so
me form of minerals or rocks? Explain.
Most gemstones, such as topaz, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and d
iamonds, have a common mineral property that makes them gems
tones. What is this property? Is that property responsible for their
economic value? Why or why not?

GLG 220 Week 1 Mineral Identification Works

heet (UOP)

Resources: Ch. 2 of the text, Virtual Minerals Lab, Mineral Identifica

tion Key II and Appendix 2 Read the Introduction located via the
Table of Contents,Section 1 at Mineral Society of Americas Mineral
Identification Key II available at the following link:
http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/collectors_corner/id/mineral_id_ke
yi1.htm#Intro
After reviewing the introduction return to Table of Contents and re
ad about the Mineral physical property Hardness. Conduct the ha
rdness test of the Virtual Minerals Lab located in the Materials sect
ion of your student Web site. Record your answers in Appendix 2 Part 1.

GLG 220 Week 1 Summary Qu

estions
GLG 220 Week 1 Summary Questions

Ch. 1: Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 3 & 5

Ch. 2: Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 1 & 3
Ch. 3: Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 3 & 4
Ch. 14: Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 1 & 4

GLG 220 Week 2 DQ 1

Answer in 200-300 word count. Chooseonequestion below and titl
e your answer with Reply.
1Will plate tectonics eventually turn off and cease to operate on E
arth? Why or why not?
2What are the differences between active and passive continental
margins? What is the relationship between plate tectonics and the
various features? Provide an example of each continental margin.
3How did the discovery of magnetic anomalies and reversals proc
ess contribute to our current acceptance of plate tectonics theory

GLG 220 Week 2 DQ 2

Answer in 200-300 word count. Chooseonequestion below and titl
e your answer with Reply.
4How can the Appalachian Mountains be considered a collision-ty
pe mountain range when the nearest continent is 5,000 kilometers
(3,000 miles) away?
5What is an earthquake? What causes earthquakes?

GLG 220 Week 2 Plate Tecton

ics
Paper
(UOP)
GLG 220
Week 2 Plate
Tectonics Paper

GLG 220 Week 3 DQ 1

Answer in 200-300 word count. Chooseonequestion below and titl
e your answer with Reply.
Describe the hydrologic cycle. How does this cycle affect the earth?
What is the potential danger due to mass wasting in your state or r
egion? What is the effort spent to minimize the impact of mass was
ting?

GLG 220 Week 3 DQ 2

Answer in 200-300 word count. Chooseonequestion below and titl
e your answer with Reply. 256
Based on your reading, do you believe that we are in a period of gl
acial or interglacial stage? Why or why not? What are the current fa
ctors that might cause the acceleration of one stage over the other
?
One philosophy about pollution of water is that water can always b
e cleaned (e.g. by the use of distillation). Is this a viable solution? W
hy or why not?

GLG 220 Week 3 Groundwater Lab Report

GLG 220 Week Three Groundwater Lab Report

GLG 220 Week 3 Sculpturing t

he
Surface
WeekEarths
Two Lab Earthquake
Report
From Geoscience Laboratory, 5th ed. (p. 165), by T. Freeman, 2009,
New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. Reprinted

GLG 220 Week 4 Deserts Lab Report

GLG 220 Week Four Deserts Lab Report

GLG 220 Week 4 DQ 1

1How can an observer experience two unequal high tides during a

day?
2What is the composition of sea water? What does salinity mean?
3Beach erosion is related to natural process such as long shore cu
rrent. How is beach erosion also related to human activity?
How do oceans regulate climate?

GLG 220 Week 4 DQ 2

7The Arizona cities of Flagstaff and Phoenix are relatively close to

one another yet have contrasting climates. Why does this differenc
e occur?
8What are the features of the ocean floor and how can they be ex
plained by plate tectonics?
9What is the Coriolis Effect?
10How does the atmosphere regulate the Earths climate?

GLG 220 Week 4 Oceans and Atmosphere Wor

ksheet (UOP)

GLG 220 Week 4 Oceans and Atmosphere Worksheet

GLG 220 Week 5 DQ 1

Answer in 200-300 word count. Chooseonequestion below and titl

e your answer with Reply.
1What are the products of crude oil? How are these products prod
uced?
2How is coal formed in the earth?
3How can the tides be used as an energy source?

GLG 220 Week 5 DQ 2

1. What are renewable and nonrenewable resources? Give exampl

es of each.
2. Galena is the primary ore of lead, Pb. Besides lead itself, what is
a dangerous byproduct of smelting lead? How can this byproduct b
e prevented from entering the atmosphere?
3. What are three fossil fuels? How much is used for industrial, ho
me, and transport? How much energy is lost?

GLG 220 Week 5 Environmental Sustainability Paper

The quest to find an alternative energy resource that is in accordan

ce with history and latest trend in technology has paved the way fo
r humans to look after the environment and to preserve the natura
l resources. An alternative energy resource is wind power. This is n
ot a new discovery but overtime it took a fresh and better tactic. Hi
story will reveal that hundreds of years ago, windmills were alread
y use in Europe in wind farms with wind turbines in order to gain a
s much as wind energy as possible. This is an effective method in p
roducing the maximum wind energy; however, there are pros and
cons that one has to be aware with in this kind of alternative sourc
e of energy.

GLG 220 Week 5 Individual Questions (UOP)

GLG 220 Week 5 Individual Questions

Prepare a response to Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 15
in Ch. 15 of Visualizing Geology. Provide an explanation in your res
ponses.
Oil production in the United States satisfies only half of the countr
y's needs; the rest is imported. If imports were cut off, what chang
es would you expect to occur in your lifestyle?

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