Lesson 15: Geomorphology, Plate Tectonics and Landforms
April 1, 2024
Review:
- Spring Break
- Making friends in Vietnam
- Sightseeing, kayaking and drinking coffee on Ha Long Bay
- Enjoying nightlife, street food and train street in Hanoi
- Schedule
- 3.5 weeks to go!
- Covering select parts of Ch 11-17 (skipping Ch 8-10)
- Review for Final Exam on 23 Apr
- Final Exam on 7 May
Presentation:
- Exam 2
- Scores
- >90% 20
- >80% 18
- <80% 11
- median=88.1
- Review of Questions and Answers
- Scores
- Geomorphology
- Skipping the first part of Ch 11 and omitting these topics
- Geologic Time Scale
- Structure
- Materials
- Global Topography
- Theory of Continental Drift
- Alfred Wegener
- Pangea
- Plate Tectonics (CrashCourse, 10:57)
- Skipping the first part of Ch 11 and omitting these topics
Activity:
- Identify a landscape or landform of interest
- Write your selected landscape/landform on my signup sheet
- Maybe it’s a place you know and love
- Maybe it’s a place you’d love to see someday
- Here are some basic categories
- Here are some more exotic or unusual examples
- Here’s an attempt at a comprehensive list
- Here’s my favorite: Karst
- Write your selected landscape/landform on my signup sheet
Assignment:
- Read Chapter 11, Earth Materials and Plate Tectonics, beginning with Global Topography, p. 391-409