GEOG 111 Fall 2000
Assignment for Chapters 5 and 6 in Tarbuck and Lutgens
POSTED UNTIL THURSDAY, OCT. 5 at 9:30 a.m.

For the next two topics, weathering and soil and sedimentary rocks, (1) read all of chapters 5 and 6, and (2) work through the CD-ROM section on Earth Materials,  part E. Sedimentary Rocks.  You might try your hand at the Rock Review at the end of the Earth Materials section, focusing on the sedimentary as well as the igneous rocks examples.

Use the quizzes below to drill yourself on the material in chapter 5.

Self-quiz for Tarbuck & Lutgens, Chapter 5 (courtesy of John Butler's course at the University of Houston)
Fill-in-the-blanks for Tarbuck & Lutgens, Chapter 5 (also from Butler's course)


For Chapter 5, complete all of the following, submit for grading, and email them to Amanda Charrier at:

cat_bit_bunny@hotmail.com.

Make sure to include your name and email address. Otherwise you won't earn any credit!  Participation points earned only if you complete both of the quizzes indicated for the chapter. Submit answers only once for each quiz; we will read only the first version you submit.

Multiple-choice quiz for Tarbuck & Lutgens, Chapter 5
Chapter review - matching, Chapter 5


Use the quizzes below to drill yourself on the material in chapter 6.

Self-quiz for Tarbuck & Lutgens, Chapter 6 (courtesy of John Butler's course at the University of Houston)
Fill-in-the-blanks for Tarbuck & Lutgens, Chapter 6 (also from Butler's course)


For Chapter 6, Sedimentary Rocks, complete all of the following, submit for grading, and and email them to Amanda Charrier at:

cat_bit_bunny@hotmail.com.

Make sure to include your name and email address. Otherwise you won't earn any credit!  Participation points earned only if you complete all of the quizzes indicated for the chapter. Submit answers only once for each quiz; we will read only the first version you submit.

Multiple-choice quiz for Tarbuck & Lutgens, Chapter 6
Chapter review - matching, Chapter 6
Labeling quiz for Tarbuck & Lutgens, Chapter 6


Discussion question (email answer to same address as above):

In T.Rex and the Crater of Doom, Walter Alvarez describes a rock formation known as the Scaglia Rossa, found at a place called Gubbio in Italy.

What kind of rock is this, what is it made of, and what clues does the rock contain that have allowed geologists to reconstruct the environmental conditions associated with its formation? In what kind of geologic environment or under what conditions was this material formed?  How is it different above vs. below the KT boundary and why?