Physical Geology 1C

Course Syllabus

Field Trip Information

Lab Report 1 (questions and rubric)

Practice Exams

Lecture Notes - Professor Gail Bennington

(Click on a topic to view the notes. For Power Point presentations you will need a userid (jbb001) and a password (geology).

Exam One topics.

Exam 1 Review Outline

Outline Notes (text)	Power Point
The Earth and Planets	Geologic Time / Earth as a Planet
How the Earth Works	How the Earth Works
Mineral Properties	Mineral Properties
Silicate Minerals and Resources	Silicate Minerals
Mineral Families and Resources	Mineral Families
Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks	Rock Cycle
Intrusive Igneous Rocks	Igneous Rocks and Intrusions

Exam Two topics.

Exam 2 Review Outline

Outline Notes (text)	Power Point
List of Important Volcanoes	Volcanoes 1
Extrusive Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes	Volcanoes 2
Weathering	Weathering
Sedimentary Rocks	Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
	Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks	Metamorphic Rocks

Exam Three topics.

Exam 3 Review Outline

Outline Notes (text)	Power Point
Groundwater	Groundwater / Karst Topography
Long Island's Aquifers Streams and Floods	Long Island Aquifers
Earthquakes	Earthquakes / Seismology
Plate Tectonics	Plate Tectonics - Continental Drift
	Plate Tectonics - Sea Floor Spreading
	Plate Tectonics - Modern Concepts
Glaciers

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