FT 1A| JTree NP Pre Field Trip Questions
- Due Mar 1, 2024 at 11:59pm
- Points 10
- Questions 6
- Available Jan 29, 2024 at 12am - Mar 1, 2024 at 11:59pm
- Time Limit None
- Allowed Attempts 2
Instructions
Joshua Tree National Park is an excellent destination for observing intrusive granitic rocks, common rock-forming minerals, metamorphic rock (gneiss), the effects of weathering on rock, intrusive structures like veins, the San Andreas fault, common desert landforms, including inselbergs and alluvial fans, and desert ecology. It also has interesting human history, having been inhabited by native Americans and later miners, extracting gold, silver, and other precious metals.
Instructions
Complete the assigned reading, Introduction through the Pre-Field Trip Questions, and watch and consider the content of the videos. This should prepare you to answer the Pre Field Trip Questions. You have no time limit and two attempts.
Complete this assignment before the field trip.
Learning Objectives
- Identify common igneous minerals in rock samples in the field
- Describe the role played by subduction in forming granite
- Identify spheroidal weathering in the field
- Explain the process of spheroidal weathering and how it contributes to the look of the JTree landscape