GEOLOGY 101 Spring 2006 Lecture Schedule, version 4.1

 

 

Section 002 -  Dr. J. Steven Kite (11 April)

 

 

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Date

 Topic

Reading

 

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10th ed.

 

10 Jan

Organization, Schedule, + Quiz 1,  Answers from 2005 Quiz 1 may help!

 

12 Jan

Dynamic Earth cycles 

Ch. 1

 

 

 

17 Jan

Minerals: building blocks for rocks

Ch. 2

19 Jan

Minerals II, Silicate Minerals & Magma

Ch. 3

 

 

 

24 Jan

Igneous Rocks  PDF + Volcanoes I PDF + Quiz 2 Due 24 Jan in class     

Ch. 4

26 Jan

Volcanoes II PDF Handouts

 Ch. 5

 

 

 

31 Jan

 Weathering and Sediments, Sedimentary Rocks   PDF Handouts

Ch. 6

2 Feb

Test 1  Test is on CH 1-6 (BRING I.D., NCS FORM NO. 30423 ANSWER SHEET, 2H PENCIL); Last Name Begins with M-Z come at  9:55; A-L 10:30!    This test and quizzes will be the sole basis for mid-term grades. 

 

 

 

 

7 Feb

Metamorphic Rocks  PDF Handouts   Quiz 3 (Due 9 Feb)

Ch. 7

9 Feb

Relative Time, Stratigraphy, Absolute Time I  PDF Handouts

Ch. 8

 

 

 

14 Feb

Absolute Geologic Time II (see 9 Feb) Earth History  PDF Handouts   Quiz 4 Due in class 14 Feb

 

16 Feb

Landslides  PDF Handouts

Ch. 9

 

 

 

21 Feb

Leyte Landslides PDF Handouts  Rivers and Streams Lecture I PDF Handouts
Quiz 5 Landslides in class 21 Feb

Ch. 10

23 Feb

Rivers and Streams II PDF Handouts Some Streams Study Questions

 

 

 

 

28 Feb

Floods PDF Handouts

 

2 Mar

TEST 2 on Ch 7-10  (BRING I.D., ANSWER SHEET, # 2 PENCIL, ETC.)  Last Name A-L come at  9:55; M-Z 10:30!

 

 

 

 

7 Mar

Ground Water and Caves PDF Handouts Slides on Groundwater Model Demo  Quiz 6 Due 7 March

Ch. 11

9 Mar

Coastal Geomorphology (what to look for on spring break)  PDF Handouts

Ch. 14

 

11-19 March: SPRING BREAK!!!! 

 

21 Mar

Dust in the wind: dunes and deserts, Aeolian Geomorphology  PDF Handouts

Ch. 13

23 Mar

Glaciers PDF Handouts

Ch. 12

 

 

 

28 Mar

Glaciers II (See end of 23 March lecture), Coastal II (See end of 9 March lecture)


30 Mar

Take-Home Quiz 7 Distributed 28 March Due 4 April - No Class Meeting

 Ch. 15

 

 

 

 4 Apr

Geologic Structures: Folds, Faults & Earthquakes PDF Handouts

Ch. 16

6 Apr * Deadline for Extra Credit Project Proposals

6 Apr

Geologic Structures: Faults & Earthquakes - See 4 April Links    Quiz 8 Due in Class

Ch. 17

 

 

 

11 Apr

Geologic Structures Part III  See 4 April 4 Links
Seismic Waves
PDF Handouts         Geophysics & Tectonics I  PDF Handouts   
Quiz 9 Due at Test III on 18 April + Invitation for 10:35 TEST  III Time Slot

Ch. 18

13 Apr

Sea floor spreading Plate Tectonics I  PDF Handouts

Ch. 19

 

 

 

18 Apr

TEST 3 on CH 11-20 (BRING I.D., ANSWER SHEET, ETC.)  Quiz 9 Due at Test Entry 10:00 or 10:35

 

20 Apr

No Class Meeting

 

 

 

 

25 Apr

Plate Tectonics. Building Mountains (Orogeny) Required Quiz 10 MUST BE TAKEN IN CLASS

Ch. 20

25 Apr

ALL MAKE-UP TESTS will be given at 6:30 P.M. in room 301 White. This is Tuesday of Dead Week. Make-up tests will be essay-short answer format.

 

27 Apr

Energy Resources Coal (2002 Power Point Lecture)Required Quiz. If you do not take the last 2 quizzes, you must take the Final Exam.

Ch. 21

 

 

 

5 May
Friday!

FINAL EXAM: 21 WHITE (BRING I.D., 30423 ANSWER SHEET, 2H PENCILS). All exams will be given at 11:00 a.m. Final is required for everyone who did not take the last 2 required quizzes.  It is optional for those who did take the required quizzes. One third of test is on material since last test, including Ch. 21 and 22; two thirds from earlier test units;  ** PLEASE DO NOT ASK TO TAKE THE EXAM EARLY. **

 

Textbook

Chapters assigned for reading are in this required textbook (in 2006): 
Plummer, Charles C., McGeary, David, and Carlson, Diane H., 2005,
Physical Geology, 10th ed., Boston, McGraw-Hill, 580 p.
  ISBN: 007252815x


10th Ed. Cover

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Last Updated on 11 April 2006 by Dr. Steve Kite