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GLG 220 Course Tutorial

• GLG 220 Entire Course

• GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 1

• 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

• Answer in 200-300 word count. Choose one question
  below and title your answer with Reply.
• What is the basis and criteria for developing the
  geologic time scale? Based on your reading and
  experience, what is the most interesting period
  within the geologic time scale? Why?

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GLG 220 Course Tutorial

• GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 2

• GLG 220 Week 1 Mineral Identification Worksheet

• Answer in 200-300 word count. Choose one question
  below and title 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 any of
  those parts that could not be made for the house
  without some form of minerals or rocks? Explain.

• Resources Ch. 2 of the text, Virtual Minerals
  Lab, Mineral Identification 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

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GLG 220 Course Tutorial

• GLG 220 Week 1 Summary Questions

• GLG 220 Week 2 DQ 1

• Ch. 1 Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 3
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• Ch. 2 Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 1
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• Ch. 3 Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 3
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• Ch. 14 Critical and Creative Thinking Questions
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• Will plate tectonics eventually turn off and
  cease to operate on Earth? Why or why not?
• What 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.

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GLG 220 Course Tutorial

• GLG 220 Week 2 DQ 2

• GLG 220 Week 2 Plate Tectonics Paper

• How can the Appalachian Mountains be considered a
  collision-type mountain range when the nearest
  continent is 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) away?
• What is an earthquake? What causes earthquakes?
• How did the Hawaiian Islands form geologically?
  How could the relative age of the islands be
  determined?

• GLG 220 Week 2 Plate Tectonics Paper

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• GLG 220 Week 3 DQ 1

• GLG 220 Week 3 DQ 2

• Answer in 200-300 word count. Choose one question
  below and title 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 region?  What is the effort
  spent to minimize the impact of mass wasting?

• Answer in 200-300 word count. Choose one question
  below and title your answer with Reply. 256
• Based on your reading, do you believe that we are
  in a period of glacial or interglacial stage? Why
  or why not? What are the current factors that
  might cause the acceleration of one stage over
  the other?

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• GLG 220 Week 3 Groundwater Lab Report

• GLG 220 Week 3 Sculpturing the Earths Surface

• GLG 220 Week 3 Groundwater Lab Report

• GLG 220 Week 3 Sculpturing the Earths Surface

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• GLG 220 Week 4 Deserts Lab Report

• GLG 220 Week 4 DQ 1

• GLG 220 Week 4 Deserts Lab Report

• How can an observer experience two unequal high
  tides during a day?
• What is the composition of sea water?  What does
  salinity mean?
• Beach erosion is related to natural process such
  as long shore current.  How is beach erosion also
  related to human activity?  

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GLG 220 Course Tutorial

• GLG 220 Week 4 DQ 2

• GLG 220 Week 4 Oceans and Atmosphere Worksheet

• The Arizona cities of Flagstaff and Phoenix are
  relatively close to one another yet have
  contrasting climates. Why does this difference
  occur?
• What are the features of the ocean floor and how
  can they be explained by plate tectonics?
• What is the Coriolis Effect?

• GLG 220 Week 4 Oceans and Atmosphere Worksheet

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GLG 220 Course Tutorial

• GLG 220 Week 5 DQ 1

• GLG 220 Week 5 DQ 2

• What are the products of crude oil?  How are
  these products produced?
• How is coal formed in the earth?
• How can the tides be used as an energy source?

• What are renewable and nonrenewable resources? 
  Give examples 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 be prevented from entering the
  atmosphere?

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GLG 220 Course Tutorial

• GLG 220 Week 5 Environmental Sustainability Paper

• GLG 220 Week 5 Individual Questions

• The quest to find an alternative energy resource
  that is in accordance with history and latest
  trend in technology has paved the way for humans
  to look after the environment and to preserve the
  natural resources. An alternative energy resource
  is wind power.

• 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 responses

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