Environmental Exercises F99

Environmental Geology: Exercises

Students must complete a minimum of ten exercises during the semester
There will be fifteen exercises posted by the end of semester
Exercises must be completed by the due date listed
All exercises should be turned in before or after a class period
Exercises should be turned in to the instructor or teaching assistant

Exercise & Due date	Topic

Exercise 1 9/15/99	Complete all of the following short exercises: i. Find a recent earthquake ii. Find the EPA's Home Page iii. Search newspaper databases for environmental news

Exercise 2 9/20/99	Global warming and the scientific method

Exercise 3 9/27/99	The Ultimate Field Trip

Exercise 4 10/4/99	Sand and gravel in Ohio

Exercise 5 10/11/99	Geological history of Ohio

Exercise 6 10/13/99	Hurricanes

Exercise 7 10/18/99	Complete both of the following exercises: i. Plate motions - Europe: Introduction ii. Plate motions - Pacific

Exercise 8 10/25/99	Virtual Earthquake

Exercises 9 and 10 10/29/99	Dante's Peak vs. Real volcanic eruptions Predicting real eruptions

Exercise 11 11/5/99	The Edwards Aquifer

Exercise 12 11/10/99	U.S. Flood Potential

Exercise 13 11/17/99	Cape Hatteras: Natural rate of coastal erosion

Exercise 14 11/22/99	El Nino

Exercise 15 11/29/99	Population Growth & Land Use Review information on the interaction of population and land use with emphasis on the loss of lands to development and the change in population of Ohio cities.

Exercise 16 12/3/99	The Clean Air Act & Akron Air Quality The Clean Air Act was first passed in 1970 and has been modified by subsequent amendments. The goal of the Act is to protect U.S. air quality. The EPA identifies a series of criteria pollutants that are regularly monitored in cities across the U.S. We will compare the levels of these criteria pollutants at air quality monitoring sites in Akron to the national standards.

Exercise 17 12/8/99	Global Warming Choices Send an email or write a letter to one of Ohio's senators expressing your views on whether the Kyoto Protocol should be ratified by the U.S. Follow the guidelines described for the exercise.