GEOL107 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - List Of Rocks On Mars, Oxygen, Earth
12 Oct 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
GEOL107
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
08.29.2017
I. Re-connect with earth powerpoint
II. Course Organizational Facts
III. Earth Facts
IV. Minerals
A. Definition
B. Elements and atoms
C. Main elements in the earth
D. Electrons and bonding of atoms
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “This pretty planet spinning through space, you’re a gaeden, you’re a
harbor you’re a holy place, golden sun going down, gentle blue giant spin us around” Written by
John Forster and Tom Chapin
Course Organizational Facts
- Sakai
o Syllabus
▪ Office: 372 ISE Lab Research Wing
▪ Office hours: 2 – 3:30 pm and Thursdays 9-10 am
▪ Textbooks
• Supplemental → won’t go over everything
• Buy new: Lab guide mandatories geology 3rd edition
▪ Grades
• 500 points
• 3 1- hour exams
o 100 points each
o 60% of course grade
o No Final During finals week
• 1 lab grade – 200 points
o 40% grade
o 3 lab quizzes
▪ 150 points
o End of each lab notes
o For lab materials → Filling sheets, paper notes
o 2 extra points → Course evaluation
• Letter grades
• Exams are NOT cummalative → No curve
• 20% will get As
• Automatic 4 mistake points
• 444 → Don’t complain
• Don’t wait till the end – set something up
• Don’t cheat
• Course set up in 3rds
o 1st 3rd
▪ Weathering and Mass Movement of Rocks
(Essentially)
o 2nd 3rd
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▪ Things that move around
▪ Thurs Oct. 26th
o 3rd 3rd
▪ Worked material
o Print out Outlines for Exams
o If going to miss exam or labs → email TA or him
o Course is recorded, UD Capture → available through Sakai
o Replay lectures
o If on study guide → will come back to haunt you in class
▪ Most of it will be covered in Lecture
▪ Use textbook for materials and extra help
o Sample exams
o Lab Outlines
o PowerPoints Available
Earth Facts
- NOT ON STUDY GUIDE
o Earth is 4.6 billion years ago
▪ Give or take 50 million years
▪ 30 years ago → slightly different
o Earth is almost a sphere (oblate spheroid)
▪ Earth is rounder around Equator
▪ Earth is flatter on edges
▪ Rotation causes it to deform slightly
▪ Happens to have a buldge or butt cheeks
• Nobody knew that until we launch satellites
▪ Earth is a grapefruit rather than an orange
o Earth is “water” planet, 70% of surface covered by water
▪ Earth has got water in 3 different forms
• Liquid
• Solid
• Gas
o Highest known point of land
▪ Mt. Everest in Nepal 8,850m (29,035 ft) above sea level
▪ Everest is growing slightly higher
o Average height of land ~ 840 m (2757 FT)
▪ Newark, DE 38 m (125 ft) above sea level
o Deepest known ocean depth – Challenge Deep (10994 m)
o Earth is a dynamic planet
o Constantly changing over time → in general it’s a very slow progression
Minerals
- Definition
o Naturally occurring
o Solid
o Formed by geologic processes
o Inorganic
o With fixed (or variable within limits) chemicals composition
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Document Summary
Minerals: definition, elements and atoms, main elements in the earth, electrons and bonding of atoms. Quote of the day: this pretty planet spinning through space, you"re a gaeden, you"re a harbor you"re a holy place, golden sun going down, gentle blue giant spin us around written by. Definition: naturally occurring, solid, formed by geologic processes, inorganic, with fixed (or variable within limits) chemicals composition, definite crystalline structure. Chlorine is a negatively charged atom by minus 1: positively charged stable na attracted to negatively charged by cl atom bond together to form mineral. Ionic bond two opposite bonds bonded together: halite salt don"t lick halite. Silicate minerals: electrons and bonding of atoms, the silica tetrahedron, structures of silicate minerals. ** be sure to bring the minerals lab outline to your lab. Available at course sakai site under resources/lab outlines folder. Bonding: ionic bonds: electrons would either lose or gain an electron to become stable.
