This assignment is a series of videos that cover the major concepts of Unit 3, there will be questions throughout the videos that you will need to answer to continue. These are not graded and are meant for self assessment, to help you gauge how well you are understanding the concepts. If you feel like you need more help with these concepts, let me know and we can schedule time for us to meet and go over them.
This assignment is a series of videos that cover the major concepts of Unit 3, there will be questions throughout the videos that you will need to answer to continue. These are not graded and are meant for self assessment, to help you gauge how well you are understanding the concepts. If you feel like you need more help with these concepts, let me know and we can schedule time for us to meet and go over them.
What two types of rock does magma cool to form?
Extrusive Igneous rock forms when lava cools above the Earth's surface.
Is the granite in this example mafic or felsic?
What types of rock are impacted by weathering and erosion? Select all that apply
What processes create metemmorphic rock?
What is an example of a change that occurs within the rock cyckle?
Erosion is the process of rocks breaking into smaller peices.
This is an example of....
A geologist is looking at layers of rock. They want to examine the oldest layer, which layer should they look at
A Scientist is using radiometric dating to determine the age of a rock sample. What is this an example of?
Ms. Ernst is looking at a cross section of an outcrop filled with fossils (above Image). Which layer holds the oldest fossils?
Absolute dating looks at the specific age of a rock while relitive dating looks at the cronological order of the rocks relative to eachother.
Using what you know about geologic cross sections and how different formations occur, identify which layer in the above image is youngest.
What happens to soil when vegitation is removed? (Deforestation)
How would planting trees amoung the crops help with erosion?
What is an example of an impact of human land use?
Are you able to relate what you learned in this video to other types of land use? For example, residentail building and mining?