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Sep 07, 2024
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GLG 112 - Evolution of the EarthCredits: 4 Instructional Contact Hours: 5
Studies the history of the Earth as recorded in the rock record. Investigates the development and evolution of continents, oceans, and life over geologic time, using North America as a principal example. Laboratory includes study of sediments and sedimentary rocks, invertebrate fossils, and geologic data interpretation. Field trips optional.
Prerequisite(s): GLG 111 or GEO 111W Corequisite(s): None Lecture Hours: 45 Lab Hours: 30 Meets MTA Requirement: Natural Science Lab Pass/NoCredit: Yes
Outcomes and Objectives
- Demonstrate understanding of the foundations of historical geology.
- Discuss the scientific method.
- Distinguish between science and non-science.
- Explain what is usually included in the science of geology.
- Contrast physical and historical geology.
- Explain the relevance of geology in understanding Earth's past and future.
- Explain the principle of uniformitarianism.
- Demonstrate understanding of methods used to interpret the relative order of geologic events.
- Demonstrate understanding of the historical development of geologic reasoning.
- Solve relative ordering problems.
- Demonstrate understanding of radiometric dating methods.
- Solve radiometric dating problems.
- Interpret the order of events in a geological cross-section and constrain their ages using both relative and absolute dating methods.
- Demonstrate understanding of the geologic time scale.
- Demonstrate understanding of common geologic representations using maps and cross-section diagrams.
- Demonstrate understanding of Earth materials.
- Contrast minerals with rocks, elements, and other non-minerals.
- Identify minerals and observe/measure their physical properties from hand samples, descriptions, and/or specimen photographs.
- Demonstrate understanding of the formation of major rock types.
- Diagram major rocks and rock-forming processes in the rock cycle.
- Explain characteristics used to categorize and identify rocks.
- Demonstrate understanding of compositional and textural characteristics of major types of rocks.
- Identify rocks and interpret major properties from hand samples, descriptions, and/or specimen photographs.
- Interpret the conditions of rock formation from hand samples, descriptions, and/or specimen photographs.
- Demonstrate understanding of sedimentary archives.
- Demonstrate understanding of sedimentary rock formation.
- Analyze sediment and sedimentary rock texture.
- Interpret environmental and transport conditions from sand texture.
- Demonstrate understanding of major types of sedimentary structures.
- Demonstrate understanding of major sedimentary environments.
- Interpret major sedimentary environment from sediment characteristics and sedimentary structures.
- Explain where sequences of sedimentary rocks are preserved.
- Demonstrate understanding of stratigraphic concepts.
- Describe the effects of sea level conditions on sediment deposition.
- Demonstrate understanding of Walther’s Law.
- Solve lithologic correlation problems.
- Interpret relative sea level conditions from geologic sections of sediments or sedimentary rocks.
- Demonstrate understanding of the fossil record.
- Demonstrate understanding of modes of fossil preservation.
- Contrast body and trace fossils.
- Explain conditions that promote the preservation of body fossils.
- Demonstrate understanding of biological evolution.
- Distinguish analogous and homologous characteristics.
- Demonstrate understanding of cladistic analysis.
- Solve evolutionary questions/problems using cladograms.
- Construct cladograms from morphological character data.
- Describe characteristics that make a fossil organism useful for biostratigraphy and correlation.
- Demonstrate understanding of paleoecologic concepts.
- Interpret environmental conditions from fossil evidence.
- Interpret ecological conditions from fossil evidence.
- Demonstrate understanding of the biological origin of siliceous and calcareous sediments.
- Demonstrate understanding of characteristics of index fossils.
- Use index fossils to correlate geologic sections.
- Demonstrate understanding of Earth history.
- Demonstrate understanding of major divisions of the geologic time scale.
- Demonstrate understanding of Earth’s climate over geologic time.
- Demonstrate understanding of past continent and ocean configurations.
- Explain how ocean conditions determine marine sedime
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