CHICAGO and NEIU ROCKS

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CHICAGO (and NEIU)ROCKS!

• Getting to know NEIU
• A field trip around campus
• -GEOLOGY and MORE-
• section 02

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What is this instrument? What is it used for?
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What is the significance of this rock?
Why does it have such flat surfaces?
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This feature is just west of the PE building,
between the Child Care center and the parking
lots.
Although it looks different (!) than when we saw
it, this is the detention basin. gtgt What would
this feature look like on atopographic map?
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Take a look around!
Name the geologic resources that are used in
this area.
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What rock characteristics are desirable for this
particular use
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and what rock type is it?
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Chicago Rockers are very excited (!?)
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to be able to tell igneous from metamorphic!
Can you describe the characteristics that make
the difference?
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