Homework #8: Geologic Time – Relative Geologic Ages
Instructions:
– Use the HW8.pdf to answer questions on the Answer Sheet docx.
– When you have completed the problem set, you will upload a single PDF file that includes your answers (on the answer sheet) and a print-to-PDF of the completed GoogleSlides image. Note: there are no calculations this week, but you need to be careful and clear in explaining/justifying your answers.
– Please review the handout that describes a workflow for generating and combining PDF files.
– Please use the answer sheet for reporting your answers, and append your handwritten calculations to the answer sheet so that we can see how you got your answers. Showing your work will assure that you receive full credit for calculations. BE SURE TO ANSWER ALL NUMBERED AND LETTERED QUESTIONS.
– Upload your handwritten calculations for each question along with the answers that you’ll fill in on the answers sheet.
– You will find some attached figures that may be necessary to answer the questions.
– Textbook: Marshak, 2018 (6th edition), Earth: Portrait of a Planet
1. You MUST show handwritten calculations to receive credit for an answer that required calculations. We may award partial credit for incorrect answers, provided we can understand how a problem was solved. When making calculations, prepare a rough copy first. When you are through, rewrite your solutions neatly, including a clear record of assumptions and calculations that the grader may need to see. Turn in this final version, but save your notes in case you have questions later.
2. Work the problems in numerical order. In many cases, one problem will be based, in part, on the answer from an earlier problem. Please avoid arrows to other pages and statements like “problem finished on the back of next page.” It can be frustrating for us to hunt to find answers.
3. Don’t leave us guessing as to which of several answers is the right one–-box in your final answer.
