GeologyBELLWORK

Answer questions and/or define each the vocabulary words. Answer questions in

complete thoughts/sentences. Keep

definitions short and to the point.

Week of 8/24 -8/288/27 Thursday:“Quirky words”How does each of the following words relate to the Mapping Vocabulary?

1)Football field2)Belt3)Apple4)Bird5)Brick wall

Week of 8/24 -8/288/28 Friday:Grab a map or globe:1)What is the latitude and longitude of Colorado?2) What is the location of:

65* North, 15*West

Week of 8/31 -9/48/31 Monday:Grab a lab manual:Page 76 Define the following:

topographic mapquadranglemap scale

Week of 8/31 -9/49/3 Thursday:Grab a lab manual:Page 83 Define the following:

topographic profilevertical exaggeration

(Paper towels and tissues due tomorrow for extra credit)

9/4 Friday:Determine the vertical exaggeration:Horizontal Scale = 2 milesVertical = 200 feet

Week of 9/15 -9/189/17 Thursday:Using your mineral notes answer the following questions.

1) What luster would silver have?

2) What is the hardness of a mineral that a nail can’t scratch and also can’t scratch the glass plate?

Week of 9/15 -9/189/18 Friday:Using the lab manual pages 11-13.

1) What is the possible mineral: clear to smoky gray, fracture, hardness of 6.5+, no real streak (maybe white).

2) What is the possible mineral: color is a brassy yellow, hardness of 3.5-4.5, streaks gray

Week of 9/21 -9/259/21 Monday:Study your mineral skeleton notes for your quiz. And open the lab manual to page 11-13.

9/24 Thursday:Look at Igneous Colored ChartExplain what happens to the rock color as quartz becomes less apparent.

Week of 9/21 -9/259/25 Friday:Look at Igneous Colored ChartExplain in a list form how you use the chart to name an igneous rock.

Week of 9/28 -10/210/1 Thursday:Look at Igneous Colored Chart or your lab manual page 26.

1) You have a rock sample of an andesite porphyry, tell me all the characteristics of that rock.

2) You have a rock sample of gabbro, tell me all the characteristics of that rock.

Week of 10/12 -10/1510/12 Monday:1)List the criteria to be a mineral.2)What is the hardness of glass?3)Describe latitude? Describe longitude?

Week of 10/12 -10/1510/12 Monday:1)List the criteria to be a mineral.2)What is the hardness of glass?3)Describe latitude? Describe longitude?

10/15 Thursday:1)Define Pahoehoe and Aa (pg 98)2)Explain how pahoehoe forms into aa.

Week of 11/2 -11/611/2 Monday:Tell the type of weathering for each scenario-

1) plants growing in the crack of a rock

2) rust on rocks3) water freezing and expanding

the crack in a rock4) feldspar in granite turning into

clay particles

Week of 11/2 -11/611/3 Tuesday:Identify and discuss how mechanical weathering speeds up chemical weathering.11/5 Thursday:Using the Soil Pyramid (see the laminated page on your table)Explore the chart and determine the type of soil for the following

1) Clay 35%, Silt 45%, Sand 20%2) Clay 38%, Silt 58%, Sand 12%

Week of 11/2 -11/611/6 Friday:1) What soil type tends to be fertile and productive for growth of plants? Explain why. (hint page 124-125) 2) Describe where this soil is located on the soil triangle /pyramid.

Week of 11/9 -11/1311/10 Tuesday:•List the three classifications for which mass wasting is determined. (Not the three types of movements.)11/12 Thursday:•Read ONE of the articles on your table

– Answer the following questions and be ready to share.

1)What type of mass wasting occurred and where?2)Was there any damage? Describe3)Could this mass wasting event have been

avoided?

Week of 11/30 -12/412/1 Tuesday:1) What are the textures of metamorphic rocks?2) What are the “agents” that cause metamorphism?12/4 Friday:Define and tell the example from the lab =

OreSlag

Week of 12/7- 12/1112/7 Monday:Define and tell an example for each

(hint page 552)Renewable resourcesNonrenewable resources

12/9 Wednesday:Copy the schedule of eventsMonday 12/14 – Bellwork Quiz & Notebook Check

Start working on final exam reviewWednesday-12/16 or Friday – Final Exam Review Due