1.3D| Reading Review Questions

Instructions

Answer the following questions after completing the assigned reading about geologic time (previous page) and from your lecture textbook.

Read each question carefully and choose or compose the best answer. Videos and "Did I Get It?" practice quizzes are part of the assigned reading, so if you encounter these in this reading assignment or any future reading assignment, you are expected to engage in these components of the reading assignment. Some of the reading review questions or module quiz questions may be taken from videos and the Did I Get It questions.

You have three attempts at answering these questions and no time limit.

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Time Needed

15 - 30 minutes.

Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate the ability to use the scientific method (italicized objectives represent a course SLO - see syllabus)
• Define physical geology
• Apply the scientific method
• Describe how the principle of uniformitarianism is used to interpret geologic history
• Describe the processes associated with the making of each of the three rock types
• Describe the physical structure of Earth and the significance of the different layers
• Demonstrate an appreciation for the magnitude of geologic time and the Geologic Time Scale