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• GLG 220 Entire Course
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• 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
• GLG 220 Week 2 Lab Earthquake Report
• GLG 220 Week 3 DQ 1n

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• GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 1
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• 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?
• What is the nature of scientific inquiry? What
  is the difference between a scientific hypothesis
  and a scientific theory? How is hypothesis and
  theory different from a scientific law?
• Select one of the common ores in your state or
  region (such as northwest United States,
  southeast United States, or western Europe).
  Where does it come from? Why does it occur there?
  How important is it economically? Why?

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• GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 2
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• 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.
• Most gemstones, such as topaz, rubies, sapphires,
  emeralds, and diamonds, have a common mineral
  property that makes them gemstones. What is this
  property? Is that property responsible for their
  economic value? Why or why not?

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• GLG 220 Week 1 Mineral Identification Worksheet
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• 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 http//www.minsocam.org/MSA
  /collectors_corner/id/mineral_id_keyi1.htmIntro
  After reviewing the introduction return to Table
  of Contents and read about the Mineral physical

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• GLG 220 Week 1 Summary Questions
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• GLG 220 Week 1 Summary Questions
• 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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• GLG 220 Week 2 DQ 1
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• 1. Will plate tectonics eventually turn off and
  cease to operate on Earth? Why or why not?
• 2. 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.
• 3. How did the discovery of magnetic anomalies
  and reversals process contribute to our current
  acceptance of plate tectonics theory

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• GLG 220 Week 2 DQ 2E
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• Answer in 200-300 word count. Choose one question
  below and title your answer with Reply.
• 1. How can the Appalachian Mountains be
  considered a collision-type mountain range when
  the nearest continent is 5,000 kilometers (3,000
  miles) away?
• 2. What is an earthquake? What causes
  earthquakes?
• 3. How did the Hawaiian Islands form
  geologically? How could the

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• GLG 220 Week 2 Plate Tectonics Paper
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• GLG 220 Week 2 Plate Tectonics Paper

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• GLG 220 Week 3 DQ 1
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• 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?
• What is the impact of soil erosion on farmland?
  What are the tools that could be utilized to
  minimize the loss of farmland to soil erosion?

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• GLG 220 Week 3 DQ 2
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• 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?
• One philosophy about pollution of water is that
  water can always be cleaned (e.g. by the use of
  distillation). Is this a viable solution? Why
  or why not?
• What are the different sources of water in the
  United States? Which source of water is mostly
  used in your region? How could we protect the
  sources of our water from drying up and
  contamination?

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• GLG 220 Week 3 Groundwater Lab Report
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• GLG 220 Week 3 Groundwater Lab Report

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• GLG 220 Week 3 Sculpturing the Earths Surface
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• GLG 220 Week 3 Sculpturing the Earths Surface
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• Visualizing Geology Select a city or region that
  is faced with one of the following issues
  Saltwater invasion in coastal wells Depletion of
  an aquifer for drinking or agricultural water
  Subsidence associated with water pumping
  Depletion or pollution of surface water from
  human use Landslides threatening the
  infrastructure of a region, such as roads,
  housing, or railroads Prepare a 1,050- to
  1,400-word paper in which you discuss the issue
  and potential solutions. Include the following
  Geologic principles involved

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• GLG 220 Week 4 Deserts Lab Report
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• GLG 220 Week 4 Deserts Lab Report

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• GLG 220 Week 4 DQ 1
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• 1. How can an observer experience two unequal
  high tides during a day?
• 2. What is the composition of sea water? What
  does salinity mean?
• 3. Beach erosion is related to natural process
  such as long shore current. How is beach erosion
  also related to human activity?
• 4. How do oceans regulate climate?

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• GLG 220 Week 4 DQ 2
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• 1. The Arizona cities of Flagstaff and Phoenix
  are relatively close to one another yet have
  contrasting climates. Why does this difference
  occur?
• 2. What are the features of the ocean floor and
  how can they be explained by plate tectonics?
• 3. What is the Coriolis Effect?
• 4. How does the atmosphere regulate the Earths
  climate?

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• GLG 220 Week 4 Oceans and Atmosphere Worksheet
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• GLG 220 Week 4 Oceans and Atmosphere Worksheet

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• GLG 220 Week 5 DQ 1
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• Answer in 200-300 word count. Choose one question
  below and title your answer with Reply.
• 1. What are the products of crude oil? How are
  these products produced?
• 2. How is coal formed in the earth?
• 3. How can the tides be used as an energy source?

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• GLG 220 Week 5 DQ 2
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• 1. 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?
• 3. What are three fossil fuels? How much is
  used for industrial, home, and transport? How
  much energy is lost?

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• GLG 220 Week 5 Environmental Sustainability Paper
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• Wind Power Its Pros and Cons
• 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. This is not a new discovery but
  overtime it took a fresh and better tactic.
  History will reveal that hundreds of years ago,
  windmills were already use in Europe in wind
  farms with wind turbines in order to gain as much
  as wind energy as possible. This is an effective
  method in producing the maximum wind energy
  however, there are pros and cons that one has to

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• GLG 220 Week 5 Individual Questions
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• 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.
• Oil production in the United States satisfies
  only half of the country's needs the rest is
  imported. If imports were cut off, what changes
  would you expect to occur in your lifestyle?
• If you are interested in controversies,
  investigate how geophysicist M. King Hubbert
  predicted in 1956 that annual U.S. oil production
  would peak in the early 1970s (the actual peak
  occurred in 1971). Also, investigate the debate
  over whether the same predictive technique can be
  applied

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