GEL 1008 - Exam 1

GEL 1008
PHYSCIAL GEOLOGY

EXAM 1

DUE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 (11:59 PM)

General Guidance:

The exam questions below cover the material we will discuss in class. Your answers should reflect what we cover in class, the posted notes, and the text book.
It is best to work on the questions as we cover the material; you should feel free to bring the questions up in class for discussion.
Be thorough, it may take one or two paragraphs to completely answer the question.
Put the answer into your own words. Short quotes are OK, but your answer should not be a single, long quote from a source.
Please answer the questions using complete sentences, and be sure to use proper spelling and grammar (worth 10%).
The answers must be typed.
Informal citations are required.
- If you are using information from the textbook; indicate the page number
- If you are using information from your class notes; indicate so
- If you are using other sources, you should indicate the source
- Format examples: "According to [source], [followed by the information]" OR "[information] [followed by source in parentheses]"
Answers that are copied from the book, notes, another student, or any other source (verbatim or superficially rephrased) will not be accepted. While you should use all the resources available and you can and should work with other students, the work you submit must be your own work in your own words.

Draw the rock cycle, be sure to list the three types of rock and indicate how they are formed and how they relate. (15 pts.)
Why would two atoms share or exchange electrons and form a bond? (5 pts.)
4. 5. Silicon-oxygen tetrahedra (SiO₄^4- ions) can form several types of structures, list three of them. (5 pts.)
List two features found on every topographic map and describe each. (5 pts.)
You have a map and you want to know the distance from your house to the mall, what do you do? (5 pts.)
You find a mineral and you want to know what mineral it is, what do you do?

Complete the attached worksheets (last two pages of the exam file) for the Investigation 2.10 on pages 48 & 49 in the textbook. (10 pts.)
Extra credit: The mineral corundum forms which precious gems? (EC 2 pts.)