Geology 210 Students:  This brief assessment exercise follows the pre-course assessment on as an end-of-term assessment.  The results of this assessment exercise will not be used in any way for evaluation or grading.  Please be sure to click the 'submit' button at the end when you are finished.

Please enter your randomly assigned number from the first class meeting in the box below

For each of the following topics, select your relative level of understanding of each, based upon your knowledge at the end of the course. Just click inside the circle next to the appropriate number.

 Use the following rating scale: 

1 - very little understanding of the topic; would not feel free to ask questions about the topic;

2 - some familiarity, would ask questions about the topic of fellow students or faculty in this class;

3- moderate familiarity; would be comfortable discussing topic with students in the class;

4 - good familiarity - would be comfortable discussing topic with faculty member in this class;

5 -solid understanding - would be comfortable discussing and answering questions about the topic to anyone.

1.  plate tectonic processes       1  2  3  4  5

2.  hypsographic curve              1  2  3  4  5

3.  origin and composition of igneous melts     1  2 3  4  5

 4.  brittle vs. ductile deformation of rocks         1  2  3  4  5

5.  accretion of the continents through geologic time       1  2  3  4  5

6.  rheology (mechanical behavior) of granular materials      1  2  3  4  5

7.  elastic strain and origin of earthquakes       1  2  3  4  5

8.  stream hydrograph       1  2  3  4  5

9.  flood recurrence interval       1  2  3  4  5

10. quantification of stream drainage networks      1  2  3  4  5

11. silicate mineral weathering and the long carbon cycle       1  2  3  4  5

12. stress-strain relationships in moving glaciers      1  2  3  4  5

13. hydrolysis of silicate minerals      1  2  3  4  5

14. origin and characteristics of soil horizons    1  2  3  4  5

15. cation exchange capacity and % base saturation    1  2  3  4  5

16. characteristics of mollisols and spodosols      1  2  3  4  5

17. stable isotopes of carbon and oxygen in soil carbonate    1  2  3  4  5

18. calculation of discharge using Darcy's Law       1  2  3  4  5

19. transmissivity and storativity of aquifers      1  2  3  4  5

20. origin of DNAPL and LNAPL pollutants    1  2  3  4  5