Geology

 You are given two crystals. One crystal is a yellow diamond that has been kept locked in a freezer for 30 years. The other crystal is a cubic zirconia. Both are virtually the same hardness. What simple test could you perform to tell them apart? What mineral group would a diamond be classified as? Lastly,…

Week 10 Discussion – The Cost of Economic Growth

  MAIN DISCUSSION POST: DISCUSS AND CITE: Be sure to use examples regarding existing companies from the assigned chapter readings to support your response. 1) A) Discuss (in detail) from your selected developing country how wealthy nations use the labor of developing nations (for profit). B) How does exploiting natural resources and human labor produce…

Fossils and Ancient Life

   you will visit several web sites to learn more about ancient life and fossils. Each question is worth 1 pt each. A. Getting into the Fossil Record http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/9to12/intro.html    1. View   the animation about getting into the fossil record, and write several explanations   summarizing how a dinosaur can become a fossil.    2. The…

Earth and Life

Please upload a filled out version of the Plate Tectonics table.  Upload signed / dated images of your GCM and Ocean Gyres. The GCM drawing should show a sketch (with arrows) and verbal labels for all 10 features requested on the form. Do NOT enumerate features (do not label them as numbers). You may use colors but color coding will not…

geology

  for project 6, please provide short answers for the following: Explain how slope stability is related to slope angle Explain what types of events can trigger mass wasting Describe the main types of mass wasting – creep, slump, translational slide, rotational slide, fall, and debris flow or mudflow – in terms of the types…

Week 7 Discussion – Benefits and Consequences of Technology

  Chapter 9, "Technology," discusses how technological advancements and changes may affect how we can work to find solutions for the global threats discussed so far. Technological advances can and do affect development in positive and negative ways. REQUIRED WEEK 7 CHECKLIST: Please provide detailed responses. Task A) Answer the following questions and cite your work:…

Unit 3 CA

Part 1: Develop a scaled timeline of events from your lifetime.  Time, especially geologic time, can be abstract. One way to help conceptualize time when it gets to be abstract is to draw it out, spatially. With this first exercise, I would like you to create your own scaled timeline, based on events in your…

Interpreting Sea-Level Changes Lab

   Interpreting Sea-Level Changes Part 1: Beginning to Interpret Sea-level Changes Answer the questions below. Your textbook will help greatly! 1 pt each    The diagram   above illustrates a transgression or a regression? Regression   What is the   sequence of sedimentary rocks from the top of the vertical sequence at A to   the bottom? Give…

geology

  For project 4, please provide short answers for the following: Summarize the factors that influence the nature of metamorphic rocks Describe the mechanisms for the formation of foliation in metamorphic rocks Classify metamorphic rocks on the basis of their texture and mineral content, Describe the various settings in which metamorphic rocks are formed and…