Take Home Learning Objectives assessment (Exam) GEOLOGY 101

Due beginning of class on Thursday April 3, 2014

You may refer to your notes and text but not to internet sources. You may exchange views with other
members of this class (including at SI sessions) while thinking about the questions but once you start
taking the exam, it must be an individual effort.
Answer the five questions (each worth 20 points) as distinctly as possible on sheets of paper stapled
together with your name on each page. I would prefer you type your answers but I will accept neatly
written text.
For each question, you must also describe the Key Learning Point you took away from the topic. This
KLP will each count 25% of the question answer.
Also turn in this question sheet, signing it, confirming that you completed the exam in full compliance
with the Aggie Honor Code.
I ________________, completed this exam in full compliance with the Aggie Honor Code
______________________________(Signature)
1) Explain how geologists employ the scientific method to study the geologic, geomorphic,
hydrologic, physical, chemical, and biologic processes that constantly reshape the Earth. Discuss
how geologists study these processes by iteratively testing laws and theories by generating
hypotheses, making predictions, and testing these predictions through observation and give two
examples of how geologists have used these methods to test widely theories and hypotheses.

2) Describe the theory of plate tectonic and how it explains the origin and continued development
of the major features of Earth (including volcanoes, mountains, earthquakes, ocean basins)

3) Explain the differences between the three rock groups (igneous, metamorphic, and
sedimentary) and how each fits into the plate tectonic theory.

4) Define how coastal landforms are formed through the work of waves and wind and how those
coastal form dissipate wave energy.


5) List at least three types of resources the Earth provides that are critical to human society and
describe how Earth processes have made those resources available to humans.

Good Luck!!!