Tape 16 - Mass Wasting

92.  List some factors that affect the movement of materials down-slope. (pp. 157-158)

93.  How are mass-wasting processes classified? (pp. 158-160)

94.  Why are the slow movements like creep and solifiuction important geologically? (pp.166-167)

95.  Explain the importance of mass wasting processes to the erosional cycle in general. (pp. 156-157)
 

Tape 21 - Ground Water

96.  Define the water table. (pp. 192-195)

97.  What is the difference between porosity and permeability’? (pp. 196-197)

98.  What is an aquifer? (pp. 196-197)

99.  What is the difference between a spring and a well? (pp. 197-198)

100. Explain how artesian flow occurs. Use a diagram.

101. What are the environmental problems associated with groundwater? (pp. 199-202)

102. Describe what the features are of a landscape, in which groundwater is the dominant agent of erosion,
        and how such a landscape evolves. (pp. 205-208)

103. Describe a geyser, and explain how and why it erupts. (pp. 202-204)
 

Tape 19 - Running Water (Erosion and Deposition)

104.  Diagram and label the hydrologic cycle and explain what drives it. (pp. 170-171)

105. How do streams and rivers develop? (pp. 171-172)

106.  What are the factors that determine the velocity of any stream? (pp. 172-174)

107. Explain the concept of base level and describe its importance. (pp. 176-177)
 

Tape 20 - Running Water (Landscape Evolution)

108. Explain the concept of equilibrium in river systems and offer examples of how streams adjust
        their course to achieve this equilibrium. (pp. 176-177)

109. Describe the evolution of a landscape where surface water is the dominant erosional process.
        (pp. 176-184, Instructor)

110.  Describe the environmental hazards associated with surface water and how these can be mitigated.
        (pp. 174, 181, 184-187)

111. Explain the reasons for concluding that stream action is the most important process of erosion on the
        earth. (pp. 386-387; plus whole chapter) (pp. 171-172)
 
 

Tape 23 - Glaciers

112. Describe the processes by which snow is transformed into glacial ice. (pp. 221-222)

113. How does a glacier move? What is a glacier’s movement controlled by? (pp. 213-215)

114. Describe the two types of glaciers. (pp. 212-213)

115. List the landforms created as a result of glacial erosion. (pp. 2 17-220)

116. List the features produced as a result of glacial deposition (pp. 220-224)

117. List several hypotheses to explain the cause of continental glaciation (ice sheets). (pp. 226-230)

118. How did sea level change during each period of advance and retreat of glaciers?
        How did those changes affect land? (pp. 225-226)
 

Tape 22 - Wind, Dust and Deserts

119. Describe the misconceptions we have about deserts. (pp. 234-235)

120. Where are the deserts of the world? (pp. 235-237)

121. Describe the evolution of a landscape in arid conditions. (Note the role of water) (pp. 239-240)

122. What is the origin and importance of loess deposits? (pp. 247-248)
 

Tape 24 - Waves, Beaches and Coasts

123. Describe the geologic processes that shape our coastlines and the resultant features both erosional
        and depositional. (pp. 251-260)

124. Describe the impact of storms and man on coastlines and the steps that can be taken to lessen
        this impact (pp. 260-265)

125. Explain the effects of changing sea level on the landscape and on coastal communities. (pp. 265-266)
 

Tape 26 – Living with the Earth: Preserving a Legacy

126. Explain how social conflicts over mineral, other economic resources, and territory could ultimately
        be considered to be the result of plate tectonics.

127. Give two examples of how geology has an everyday effect on your life. Think resources,
        environmental quality, hazards, etc.

128. Diagram the rock cycle in as much detail as possible. How does it relate to the tectonic, and the erosional cycles?