Homework Due 5/2

Just a reminder that you have a homework assignment due next Monday, May 2nd.

Please write up 10 questions and answers for the final exam.
These will be used in class for a review game.

Any questions, please let me know.

Thanks!

TS

Final Exam Study Guide: Ch 9-18

Here's the final exam study guide for chapters 11-18. I will post 8-10 tonight.

Thanks,

TS

Chapter 9:

Natural Vegetation
Biome
Savanna Biome
Desert Biome

Chapter 10:

Soil
Parent Material
Soil Texture
Water Use

Chapter 11:

Mineral
Rock
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Quartz
Magma
Basalt
Limestone
Cycle of Rock Change

Chapter 12:

Core
Mantle
Crust
Continental Crust
Oceanic Crust
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Plate Tectonics

Chapter 13:

Geomorphology
Stratovolcano
Shield Volcano
Folding
Fault
Normal Fault
Transcurrent Fault
Earthquake
Tsunami

Chapter 14:

Weathering
Mass Wasting
Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
bedrock
Earthflow
Mudflow
landslide

Ch 15:
runoff
ground water
water table
stream
channel
discharge
drainage basin
watershed
flood
lake

Ch 16:
fluvial landforms
fluvial processes
stream erosion
stream transportation
graded stream
natural levee

Chapter 17

Plateau
Mesa
Sedimentary Dome
Monadnock

Chapter 18

Shoreline
Bay
Estuary
Progradation
Retrogradation
Delta
Coral Reef
Sand Dune

Africa Quiz & Map

Just a reminder in case you missed class on Monday 4/25. We are having a map quiz on Monday 5/2.

Here are the countries that you need to know:
Morocco
Algeria
Libya
Egypt
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Sudan
Ethiopia
Somalia
Kenya
Tanzania
Rwanda
Burundi
Madagascar
South Africa
Botswana
Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC)

Waterways
Nile River
Lake Victoria

There are 18 + 2 waterways countries all together, they will be worth 2-points each.
With one bonus question. Please see the attached blank map for studying purposes.
There is a map with the countries listed here.
Thanks,

TS

Map Quiz 4/25

Southeast Asia

You will need to know:

China
India
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
Phillipines
Malaysia
Phillipine Sea
South China Sea
Gulf of Thailand

Please see map attached. There will be a word bank on the exam.

Thanks,

TS

Terms to know for Chapters 14 & 15

Chapter 14:
weathering
regolith
mass wasting
chemical weathering
physical weathering
bedrock
sediment
earthflow
landslide
scarification
ice wedge

Chapter 15:
infiltration
runoff
groundwater
water table
stream
channel
discharge
drainage basin
watershed
flood
lake

Extension to 4/5!! Special Assignment April 4th!

Greetings Class,

Due to technical difficulties I have extended the course assignment. It is now due by 10pm tomorrow 4/5.

Thanks,

TSGeo 101
April 4th: Special Assignment
The Importance of Geography:
Last week, a member of Congress was publically embarrassed when he failed to demonstrate basic geographic knowledge of the country of Libya. You can check out the full article here: http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110331/NEWS/110339918/-1/NEWSMAP

As we have discussed in class, it is essential to your professional career that you have a basic idea where many places are located. Below, you will need to locate the country/city that is currently in the news. Each question, will specify how you should locate the place, ie coordinates or regional location.

If I ask for the coordinate, that means 30 North Latitude, 45 West Longitude. If the question asks for a Regional Location, then I am looking for you to give me a location in the context of continent, country, and location. For example, the regional location of London would be: London is a city is the United Kingdom, which is located on the eastern portion of Europe.

1) What is the regional location of Libya? Give the continent and direction of the place, ie Maryland is located on the Eastern Coast of North America.

2) Locate Afghanistan on the map. What are the coordinates of this country? As long as the coordinated you give are in Afghanistan you will be correct.

3) Japan has been in the news a lot lately due to the March earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear meltdown. What bodies of water surround Japan?
4) Over the weekend, two earthquakes also occurred in Pakistan. What mountain ranges would you find in this country?

5) This weekend also brought the announcement that BP is going to resume oiling drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Where would you find the Gulf of Mexico (Regional Location)? What countries and US states border the Gulf?

This assignment needs to be turned in via email to tsilwick@cecil.edu by 10pm on Monday April 4th. Worth 10pts.

Any questions, let me know.