geology 101 concept sketch

Your assignment should be completed one side of an 8½ ” x 11” sheet of paper.

Concept Sketch #1 Questions. Choose 1 option from the list below.

Sketch and explain some ways that earth processes control where it is safe to live and other influences on our lives (1.1).
2. Sketch, label, and describe the three types of diagrams earth scientists use to represent subsurface geology (block diagram, cross section, stratigraphic section). Also, sketch, label, and describe what is shown by a series of evolutionary diagrams (1.8C).
3. Sketch, label, and explain a silicon-oxygen tetrahedron and then sketch, label, and explain how one tetrahedron can join with another (2.7A). In addition, sketch and explain how silicon-oxygen tetrahedra are combined in different geometries for (1) an independent tetrahedra, (2) single chains, and (3) sheets (2.7B).
4. Sketch and explain the model for an atom, including electron shells and how the number of electrons in shells influence the loaning and transfer of electrons between atoms. (2.10B)
5. Sketch, label, and explain the rock cycle. Your sketch should contain descriptions of all eight key processes. In addition, use sentences (no sketch) to describe why a rock might not experience the entire rock cycle (3.2).
6. Draw simple sketches of the main types of clastic sedimentary rocks and explain the characteristics of each. (3.7)
7. Sketch and describe how sediments are classified according to size, sorting, and shape of the clasts (3.6).
8. Sketch and label an igneous system, showing where and describing how the nine main igneous textures form (3.9B).