Environmental Geology, Earth History, Scientific Method -- p. 1-6; p. 22-26; p. 45-50

• Questions: p. 20, #5; p. 54, #6
• Supplementary question:
  What is the essence of the “scientific method”?

Population, Growth -- p. 6-18

• Questions: p. 20, #4, 6
• Supplementary question:
  Assuming constant growth rate, how does the quantity of the commodity produced/ consumed within a given doubling time interval compare to the cummulative total produced/consumed during the entire production/consumption history of the commodity?

Chemistry, Minerals, Rocks, Asbestos, & Radon -- p. 26-44; p. 490-491

• Questions: p. 54, #1,3
• Supplementary questions:
  Given the atomic number and the atomic mass of an element can you state the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons an atom of that element should possess?
  What are the physical properties of asbestiform minerals and what are the minerals’ common commercial/industrial applications?
  What factors account for the variability of household radon measurements -- both from one time to another within a given houseand from one house to another in the same neighborhood?

Plate Tectonics -- p. 56-75

• Questions: p. 77, #3, 5, 6, 8

Earthquakes -- p. 80-127

• Questions: p. 129, #2, 3, 4, 5, 9
• Supplementary question:
  In what ways can the statistics of earthquakes within a seismic area be used to assess seismic risk?

Volcanoes -- p. 132-166; McPhee, “Cooling the Lava”

• Questions: p. 168, #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11
• Supplementary question:
  In what ways is magma chemistry controlled by the plate tectonic setting of a volcano?

Field Trip dates:

Delaware coast trip -- Saturday, Sept. 28; we’ll leave campus at 6:00 AM

upstate coal trip -- Saturday, Nov. 2; we’ll leave campus at 7:00 AM