G145

Student Outcomes for week one:

After the lecture and the reading assignment for week one students should:

1) Be able to explain the concept of uniformitarianism and how it is applied in geology

2) Know who James Hutton is.

3) Be able to explain how uniformitarianism is used to understand the formation of features on earth

4) Know what is meant by deep time and know what the scientific age the earth is.

5) Understand what the geologic time table is and how/why it was created.

6) Be able to reproduce the geologic time table found on the course web page (including the dates). http://depts.clackamas.edu/science/physci/geology/G145/images/geo%20timetable.htm

7) Understand and be able to explain/use the following concepts

Stratigraphic superposition Faunal Succession

Original Horizontality Unconformities

Cross cutting relationships

8) Know the difference between relative and absolute dating

9) Know the basic structure of the earth and what the physical and chemical properties are of each region

10) Be able to explain the difference between continental and oceanic crust

11) What evidence was used to support the idea of plate tectonics?

12) What is Pangaea and when did it begin to break up?

13) Be able to explain the concept of Plate tectonics

14) Know what the following plate boundaries are and be able to explain the interactions and results from the following types of plate boundaries

divergent convergent (3 types) transform

15) Give modern day examples of each type of plate boundary

16) What are the mechanisms that drive plate tectonics.

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