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Group Exercise

Group Exercise. What do you think you are looking at? What observations, associations, or inferences can you make regarding this photo? (There are no wrong answers!). 1. Volcano. How often does it erupt? Which volcano is this? Eruption, boom Kinds of gases emitted?

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Group Exercise

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  1. Group Exercise What do you think you are looking at? What observations, associations, or inferences can you make regarding this photo? (There are no wrong answers!)

  2. 1. Volcano • How often does it erupt? • Which volcano is this? • Eruption, boom • Kinds of gases emitted? • Potential damage to nearby towns? NOTE to instructors: This page is normally empty, and I fill it as students respond with their comments. I’ve preserved the “final” version of the slides with these comments here.

  3. 2. River • Why so windy? • How did it get that shape? • Amazon • Water erosion • Rain has altered course over time • Where?

  4. 3. Plateau • What caused it? • Sinkhole, mudslide • Residential communities, damage • Lack of vegetation—effect? • How many years ago?

  5. 4. Rock face, roadside • Layers • Rock wave • Over how long did it happen? • Erosion

  6. 5. Grand Canyon • What caused erosion? • Erosion, layers • Where is sea level? • Different layers of rock • How old?

  7. 6. Aftermath of EQ • Plate tectonics • Don’t fall in! • Divergent plates • What level/magnitude of EQ? • “Land Before Time”

  8. Lessons • You already know something about geology. • Geology is all around us. • Geology has relevance to our lives and surroundings. • There is a lot more to learn!

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