Department
of Earth Science |
Northeastern
Illinois University
INTRODUCTION
TO EARTH SCIENCE
ESCI
121
Spring
2007
Department
of Earth Science |Northeastern
Illinois University
INTRODUCTION
TO EARTH SCIENCE
ESCI
121
Spring
2007
By the end of today’s class, you should be able to do the following:
* Locate the
following places on a map of the world:
Japan, Hawaii, San Francisco California, Yellowstone National Park, the
India/Nepal border, New Zealand, Iceland, the Red Sea,
Lake Tanganyika, the Aleutian Islands, Chile, Jakarta (Indonesia), the
Azore Islands, and the Galapagos Islands.
* Read world
maps that illustrate various geologic features:
hot spots, crustal thickness, depth of earthquake focus, locations of
volcanoes, geographic features, and plate boundaries. Download
the handout we used (MSWord format) by clicking here.
* Compile information from the maps to discern patterns. Download the handout we used (MSWord format) by clicking here.
A web version of this exercise can
be found here.
© 2007 Laura L. Sanders. Last updated January 9, 2007.