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• SCI 245 Entire Course
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• 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
• SCI 245 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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• SCI 245 Week 1 Assignment Minerals
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• Assignment Minerals
• Conduct the mineral lab at http//corptrain.phoen
  ix.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?
• How do you differentiate between minerals?
  Briefly summarize the six methods to tell
  minerals apart.
• Summarize the major difference(s) between
  minerals and rocks.
• Review Appendix A and choose a region or state
  that you plan to research for your final project.

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• SCI 245 Week 1CheckPoint Study of Earth
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• 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.
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• SCI 245 Week 1CheckPoint Study of Earth
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• 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/g
  ip/geotime/fossils.html. What periods are the
  fossils from in Figure 3.6? What does this say
  about the area in Figure 3.6?
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• SCI 245 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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• 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
  students 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.
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• SCI 245 Week 3 Assignment Earthquakes
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• Assignment Earthquakes
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• 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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• Respond to the following in your paper
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• 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.
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• SCI 245 Week 3 CheckPoint Plate Tectonic Theory
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• CheckPoint Plate Tectonic Theory
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• 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.
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• Review the Continents of the Past animation on
  the student Web site.
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• After viewing the animation, your brother has a
  look of disbelief on his face, Cmon, really?
  Our whole continent moves? Thats bogus! Instead
  of blowing him off like you usually do, you
  decide to sit down and educate him about plate
  tectonics.  

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• SCI 245 Week 3 CheckPoint Plate Tectonic Theory
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• 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?
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• SCI 245 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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• Discussion Questions
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• Describehow 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/d
  ynamic/dyn_volcano.html. Discuss whether or not
  the volcano is active and how it has impacted the
  area.

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• SCI 245 Week 5 Assignment Sedimentary Rocks
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• 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?
• What are the three categories of sedimentary
  rocks?
• What are the distinguishing characteristics
  between the three categories of rocks?
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• SCI 245 Week 5 CheckPoint Weathering and Erosion
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•  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
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• Mechanical weathering
• Chemical weathering
• Water erosion
• Wind erosion
• Ice erosion

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• SCI 245 Week 6 CheckPoint Metamorphic Rocks
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•  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?
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• SCI 245 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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•  Discussion Questions
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• View the Understanding Faults animation on the
  student Web site.
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• Describe the different types of faults and
  discuss at least one similarity and one
  difference between a fault and a fold.
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• If the San Andreas Fault, located in California,
  is to continue its activity, what does the future
  look like for that area? What precautions should
  be taken?
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• What are the major differences between
  topographic and geologic maps?

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• SCI 245 Week 7 Assignment Deserts, Glaciers, and
  Climate
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•  Assignment Deserts, Glaciers, and Climate
• Review the following Ch. 13 video, China
  Desert http//www.wiley.com/college/murck/047174
  7270/ngs_videos/china_desert/index.html
• Review the following animations on the student
  Web site
• Types of Dunes animation
• Glacial Landforms animation
• Compare and contrast the geological features of a
  desert landscape and glacial landscape. Describe
  at least one process that creates the resulting
  landforms of each.

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• SCI 245 Week 7 CheckPoint Water Impacts
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•  CheckPoint Water Impacts
• Review the following Ch. 12 video, Sinking
  Englandon the student Web site.
• Review the following Web sites located on the
  student Web site
• Wave Refraction animation
• Coastal Landforms
• Summarize the hydrologic cycle. How important is
  this cycle to Earth?
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• SCI 245 Week 8 CheckPointFossil Fuels and
  Minerals
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•  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

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• SCI 245 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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•  Discussion Questions
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• 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.
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• SCI 245 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint
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•  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
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•  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
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