Substitute Assignment
PBS-NOVA
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Requirements for Substitute Assignment

1) Take extensive notes of the 4-hour show.

2) Type a two-page, double spaced reaction paper to the show.

3) Create a one-page Mind Map of the show.

4) Turn in your notes, the reaction paper and your
Mind Map on: Nov.1, 2004.

A make-up assignment for 25 points!
Read the first chapter of Rothschild and Lister.

Produce a Mind map of the
formation of the Early Earth.
To get any points your score must be at least 20/25. No slop. I am looking for Mind Maps that demonstrate that you read the chapter. Make connections and relationships evident.

Check out these Mind Maps.

Due: Friday, Oct 15, 2004

Test II will be Online on Wednesday!!

There will be no class this Wednesday Nov. 10th.
Open Book MC Test II- 100 pts.
Test time limit. . .
from 7 am to 12 midnite on Wednesday, Nov. 10th.

Download this pdf file --->   A-J   or   K-Z   of Test II
First, answer the questions.
Second, click and everyone input your answers,
here - - ->  TEST II  

My apologies everyone. Just input your answers above.
Only one answer per question.

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Evolution of the Earth - Homework II Questions
Hint: you should be using all the 990 letters allotted! You should be editing down from twice as many letters (words) to the requisite 990 letters (words)! Do not answer the questions 'on the fly' (without thinking).Your answer should demonstrate a thorough reading of Bryson. Be clear, concise, and complete. Make your sentences count. Each word is important and valuable. Make references, connections, examples and bring in new unique thoughts.
10 points for correct answer, 10 points for references, 5 points for in-depth analysis.

1) How does 'proxy data' provide credibility to the developing theory that humans are responsible for the current trend in Global Warming? Discuss one the many slide sets in more detail.

2) Bryson discusses the formation of the Solar system and it's many features. Write a 'poem' about the creation of the solar system and the characters involved. Read the chapter, think about it. Write from your heart.

3) Why are chemical reactions more likely in the atmosphere and hydrospere? What chemistry is taking place in these spheres? Use information from Lister and Rothschild and Bryson's, Into the Troposphere. for your answer.

4) In chapter 12, Bryson writes about the discovery and theoretical development of plate tectonics. Besides the shape of the continents, flora and fauna and fossils, what were some of the other problems with a static earth model that a dynamic plate tectonics model could explain?

5) Bryson writes about the fire below in chapter 14. From the ashbeds in western Nebraska and the kimberlite pipes in South Africa to earth's magnetic field, clues abound of the interior of the earth. How and what do we know about the interior of the earth?

6) What does the Manson and Barringer crater have to do with the KT impactor and Comet Showmaker-Levy? What part did iridium play a in the demise of the dinosaurs?

7) In his chapter, The Rise to Life, Bryson makes some extraordinary comments, "Complexity is natural. There is nothing special about the substances from which living things are made. So powerful is this natural impulse to assemble that many scientists now believe that life may be more inevitable than we think." Write a reaction to this chapter and these statements.

8) Describe and comment on the funniest, most memorable item in any of these Chapters in Bryson.

Everyone will answer all the questions below. This set is complete. Have fun.

1) What is consciousness? How does Quantum Physics relate to the research into consciousness?
You should read the entire document but do so with abandon. Pretend it does not matter what you read and learn.
I gave you room to answer this question in two boxes. So you can use up to 1980 letters!.
10 pts. extra credit for really good analysis!

2) What is 'ambulant self-activating protoplasm'? Why is it so interesting?
Why did taxonomists have such a tough time classifying organisms?
Again, read all of chapter 20. Your answer should reflect an understanding of chapter 20.

3) What was the controversy between Gould and Dawkins?
Again, read the passages. Think about it. Then, comment.

4) Write a poem about the cell and it's function and place in your body.
I hope you all like this question. Last time I got some great responses and you all did well on this question.

5) What is DNA? Why is is so important to life? Who discovered it? Why were Crick and Watson jerks?

6) Is Data alive and does it have a consciousness like you and I?
Whatever your answer may be, please explain using some science that you learned this semester.
I do not want you to agree with me. I want you to argue your point from a scientific and logical standpoint.
I gave you room to answer this question in two boxes. So you can use up to 1980 letters!.
You will need to be in class on Friday to answer this question. 10 pts. extra credit for really good analysis!

. . .that's all!!

When you are finished answering the questions.
Go to Home work III - The Evolution of the Mind to input your answers.
It's the same question site that you have always used. It's not Blackboard.
These questions are due by 6 PM on Monday, December 13, 2004