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www.glg220edu.com   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 1
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GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.glg220edu.com   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
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GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.glg220edu.com   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?
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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
property Hardness. Conduct the hardness test of
the Virtual Minerals Lab located in the Materials
section of your student Web site. Record your
answers in Appendix 2 - Part 1. Review the
additonal
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Summary Questions   Ch. 1 Critical and Creative
Thinking Questions 3 5 Ch. 2 Critical and
Creative Thinking Questions 1 3 Ch. 3 Critical
and Creative Thinking Questions 3 4 Ch. 14
Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 1 4  
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GLG 220 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.glg220edu.com   Answer in 200-300 word
count. Choose one question below and title your
answer with Reply. 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. 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 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.glg220edu.com   Answer in 200-300 word
count. Choose one question below and title your
answer with Reply. How can the Appalachian
Mountains be considered a collision-type mountain
range when the nearest continent is 5,000
kilometers (3,000 miles) away?
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GLG 220 Week 2 Lab Earthquake Report FOR MORE
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Earthquake ReportFrom Geoscience Laboratory, 5th
ed. (p. 165), by T. Freeman, 2009, New York, NY
John Wiley Sons. Reprinted
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Week 2 Plate Tectonics Paper
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GLG 220 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.glg220edu.com   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 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.glg220edu.com   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
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GLG 220 Week 3 Groundwater Lab Report FOR MORE
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GLG 220 Week 3 Sculpturing the Earths
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  GLG 220 Week 3 Sculpturing the Earths Surface
Resource 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 in the issue History
of the region specifically associated with the
depletion of resources or development
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GLG 220 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.glg220edu.com   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?   How do oceans regulate climate?   
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GLG 220 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.glg220edu.com   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? 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 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.glg220edu.com   Answer in 200-300 word
count. Choose one question below and title your
answer with Reply. 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?
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GLG 220 Week 5 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.glg220edu.com    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? 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
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  Wind Power Its Pros and ConsThe 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,
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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?
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