Geology/enviromental Sciences 101 Physical Geology 4 Cr, 6 Hrs
Lecturer: Dr. Hugh Rance Lecture outline
Lab Instructor: Angelo Lampousis Lab syllabus pdf
Lab Instructor: Kirti Mehta Lab syllabus pdfCode Sect. Coreq Room Time class / lab 0375 IPA GEOL 1010 SBC207 MTWTh 9:00am- 3:10pm Rance / Lampousis 0785 IPB GEOL 1010 SBC207 MTWTh 9:00am- 3:10pm Rance / Mehta
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E-mail: Departmental AddressesGE101 Physical Geology Lecture topics:
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Geology Review Self quiz Matching
Define geology, physical geology, and historical geology.
Name people and ideas involved with the early development of geology.
Define hypothesis, theory, scientific law, and scientific methods.
Describe the significance of geologic time and Earth's origin.
Describe Earth's interior layers and processes which formed them.
Chapter 2: Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks Review Self quiz Matching
Define the terms rock and mineral and compare and contrast them.
Describe the structure of an atom.
Explain how atoms structure minerals.
List and describe some common silicate minerals.
List and describe some nonsilicate minerals.
Chapter 3: Igneous Rocks Review Self quiz Matching
Distinguish magma vs. lava, intrusive vs. extrusive, and plutonic vs. volcanic.
Explain Bowen's reaction series and magmatic differentiation.
Explain whydifferently textured igneous rocks of the same compostion have
differnt names.
Distinguish between granitic, andesitic, and basaltic rocks.
List and describe types of igneous plutons.
Chapter 4: Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity Self quiz Matching
Explain the importance of viscosity and dissolved gasses in volcanic eruptions.
Name materials extruded during an eruption.
List types of volcanoes by their physical features and lava types.
Describe pyroclastic flows.
Describe the relationship between volcanoes and plate tectonics.Chapter 5: Weathering and Soils Self quiz Matching
Define weathering, mass wasting, and erosion.
Define mechanical weathering and explain the roles of frost wedging, unloading,
thermal expansion, and organic activity.
Define chemical weathering and explain dissolution, oxidation, hydrolysis, and
alterations caused by chemical weathering.
List and explain the factors that control the rate of weathering.
Define soil and describe factors that control soil formation.
Describe the soil profile and the origin of the soil horizons.
List the general types of soils.
Describe soil erosion.
Chapter 6: Sedimentary Rocks Self quiz Matching
List and describe the types of detrital sedimentary rocks
List and describe the types of chemical sedimentary rocks
Explain how a sediment becomes a sedimentary rock
Describe the types of environments where sedimentary rocks are formed
Describe sedimentary structures
Explain the significance of fossils in sedimentary rocks
Chapter 7: Metamorphic Rocks Self quiz Matching
Define metamorphism
List and describe the agents of metamorphism
Describe the textures of metamorphic rocks
List the most common metamorphic rocks and how they are classified
Describe the three environments of metamorphism
Explain the relationship between metamorphism and plate tectonics
Chapter 8: Mass Wasting Self quiz Matching
Define mass wasting
List the factors that control and trigger mass wasting
Explain the classification of mass wasting
Define the types of mass wasting, including rockslide, mudflow, earthflow, creep,
and solifluction
Chapter 9: Running Water Self quiz Matching
Give an overview of the hydrologic cycle
Identify the factors that control the flow of water
Explain how streams transport and deposit sediments
Describe the features of stream valleys, and how narrow and wide valleys differ
Identify the types of drainage networks and drainage patterns
Explain the development of a stream valley over time
Chapter 10: Groundwater Self quiz Matching
Portray the general distribution of underground water
Define the water table
Explain the difference between porosity and permeability and how these relate to the
movement of groundwater
Describe springs, geysers, wells, and artesian wells
List some problems associated with groundwater withdrawal and explain groundwater
contamination
Illustrate how groundwater can affect geology
Chapter 11: Glaciers and Glaciation Self quiz Matching
Define the term glacier, and explain the difference between valley (or alpine) glaciers
and ice sheets.
Explain how a glacier moves
Describe the features and landforms caused by glacial erosion
Describe the landforms created by glacial deposits
Explain what an ice age is
Identify some of the indirect effects of glaciers, and list some of the possible causes of glaciation
Chapter 12: Deserts and Wind Self quiz Matching
Interpret the distribution of deserts on the Earth's surface
Explain how weathering and water affect surface topography of arid regions
Describe how wind can erode and transport materials
Review the types of deposits created from wind-blown sediment
Chapter 13: Shorelines Self quiz Matching
Review the characteristics of waves, and distinguish between waves of oscillation and
waves of translation
Explain how waves contribute to erosion
Define wave refraction and longshore transport
Illustrate the common types of shoreline features
Describe some shoreline erosion problems that affect humans
Compare and contrast the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, and distinguish
between emergent and submergent coasts
Explain the tides and how they are created
Chapter 14: The Ocean Floor Self quiz Matching
Portray a continental margin, showing the shelf, slope, and rise
Describe the development of turbidity currents in submarine canyons
Illustrate the features of deep-ocean basins
Describe the features of coral reefs, atolls, and seafloor sediments
Review the concept of seafloor spreading
Relate the development and breakup of Pangea to the concepts of hotspots and seafloor spreading
Chapter 15: Earthquakes and Earth's Interior Self quiz Matching
Define earthquake, and identify the focus and epicenter of an earthquake
Describe the types of waves emitted during an earthquake
Relate earthquake activity to plate tectonics
Identify and describe the major layers of the Earth
Determine the differences between oceanic and continental crust
Chapter 16: Plate Tectonics Self quiz Matching
Explain the theory of continental drift, and list the evidence supporting this theory
Illustrate how the Earth's magentic field affects rocks on the Earth's surface, and
explain how this relates to continental drift
Define seafloor spreading, and describe how reversals in the Earth's magnetic field
appear on the seafloor
Illustrate the types of plate boundaries and their features
Cite recent evidence that supports the theory of plate tectonics
Describe the possible mechanisms driving plate tectonics
Chapter 17: Mountain Building Self quiz Matching
Define orogenesis and locate major orgenic belts on the Earth today
Explain the ideas of isostacy and crustal uplift
Correlate the types of mountain building with the types of plate boundaries
Explain how material from the asthenosphere is transformed into continental crust
Illustrate how continental crust is accreted to form a large continent
Chapter 18: Geologic Time Self quiz Matching
Explain the difference between absolute and relative dates
Define the principles that help determine the relative ages of rock units
List and explain the types of unconformities
Describe the methods used to correlate rock units in different regions
Explain radioactivity and how it is used to find the absolute ages of rocks
Describe the geologic time scale
Chapter 19: Earth History: A Brief Summary Self quiz Matching
Identify the current theory on the origin of the planets in our solar system
Explain how the Earth's atmosphere has changed with time
List the major eras of the Earth's history
Describe some major events in the history of life on Earth
List some major events in the history of the Earth's crust, including the development
of supercontinents.
GE-101 field trip
Places: Fort Tryon, Inwood Hill Park, Isham Park
Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
5 bus stops:
1) Morning 9am Pick-up at QC
2) Morning Drop-off at Cloisters Museum entrance
3) Noonish (lunchtime) Pick-up at Washington Heights entrance to Fort Tryon Park
4) After lunch Drop-off at Seaman Avenus south entrance to Inwood Hill Park
5) Afternoon Pick-up at Inwood Marble, Isham Park, 3:30pm to return to QC by 5pm