Geology 2205
Original
syllabus: here
Updated
course schedule: here
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Online
Lectures (= unlisted youtube videos of my in-class slide show
lectures; no narration/no audio.
Everything I would say in class is given on the slides. Take notes as you would in class - large
text/outlines are most important. Make
simple sketches, if needed. Each video
automatically goes through each slide.
One can use the settings in the lower right corner of the video window
to slow down the pace. One can pause the
video to stare at photos & take notes.
Suggested readings will continue to be updated below. Links to photos of worlds are still below.)
Below is a
list of lecture topics for the rest of the course.
Asteroids-Vesta-Ceres
handout (if you have a printer): here
Finish: Asteroids-Vesta-Ceres
lecture: here
Jupiter
handout (if you have a printer): here
Jupiter: here
Jupiter’s
moons handout (if you have a printer): here
Jupiter’s
moons: here
Saturn
handout (if you have a printer): here
Saturn: here
Saturn’s
moons handout (if you have a printer): here
Saturn’s
moons: here
Uranus &
its moons handout (if you have a printer): here
Uranus &
its moons: here
Neptune
& its moons handout (if you have a printer): here
Neptune
& its moons: here
Pluto &
its moons handout (if you have a printer): here
Pluto &
its moons: here
Comets
handout (if you have a printer): here
Comets: here
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Final exam
(“take home”): here
FOLLOW
THE DIRECTIONS BELOW.
There are
excellent reasons for everything here - please do exactly as asked.
Normally, my
final exams are about double the size of a normal test, with lots of repeat
questions from old tests. For various
reasons, this geology 2205 final exam will only cover presented material from
the beginning of the Saturn topic to the end of the course. There will be no questions about old topics.
Students may
use their notes, the course textbook, and James St. John’s geology website to
answer questions. Outside sources are
not inherently reliable - don’t use them.
(I saw that multiple times on the last test - use your own notes.)
Do not include
the actual test questions - I just want the answers. DO NOT INCLUDE ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS, PLEASE.
Do not use
automated question numbers - type them in yourself - disable the automated
numbers - such things are a royal mess and huge waste of time for me to undo in
order to efficiently grade tests.
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4.
etc.
Answers must
be submitted in typed form by e-mail to James St. John (“stjohn.2” at
“osu.edu”) by 6:00 PM on Thursday, 30 April 2020 from student’s own OSU e-mail
accounts. Put “Geology 2205 final exam”
in the subject line. Test answers
submitted by non-OSU e-mail accounts will be trashed, unopened and unread. Do not put attachments in your test answer
e-mails. DO NOT PUT ATTACHMENTS IN YOUR
REPLY E-MAILS. You may compose your
answers in a word processing program, if desired, but copy-and-paste this info.
into your submitted e-mail to me.
NO ATTACHMENTS. Do not highlight the test file I provide and
send it back. Just type out the answers
in an e-mail. Please please please.
NO
ATTACHMENTS.
Tests with
answers identical to those submitted by other students will be automatically
failed. Do the test yourself.
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Suggested readings
Chapter 1 of Rothery et al. (2018) - An Introduction to the Solar System.
Chapter 3 of Rothery et al. (2018) - the volcanoes
& volcanism chapter.
Chapter 4 of Rothery et al. (2018) - the impacts &
sedimentation chapter.
p. 25-26 in Chapter 1 & pp. 52-69 in
Chapter 2 of Rothery et al. (2018) - this covers distance terminology, Plane of
the Ecliptic, the origin of the Solar System, and planetary differentiation. Chapter 8 also covers the origin of the Solar
System, but includes much material not yet covered in lecture.
pp. 4-5, 79, 119, 130, 143, 145, 167 of Rothery et al.
(2018) - info. on Planet Mercury.
Geology
of Mercury (= chapter in an online textbook - a different one
than Rothery et al., 2018)
pp. 6-7, 80, 119-120, 150, 163-164, 191 of Rothery et
al. (2018) - info. on Planet Venus.
Geology
of Venus (= chapter in an online textbook - a different one
than Rothery et al., 2018)
pp. 7-8, 33-36, 43-48, 69-77, 96-111, 116-117 of
Rothery et al. (2018) - info. on Planet Earth.
Geology
of Earth (= chapter in an online textbook - a different one
than Rothery et al., 2018)
pp. 8, 60-62, 78, 118-119 of Rothery et al. (2018) -
info. on the Moon.
Geology
of Moon (= chapter in an online textbook - a different one
than Rothery et al., 2018)
pp. 9-11, 81, 121-123, 155-160, 176, 192, 198-200 of
Rothery et al. (2018) - info. on Mars.
Geology
of Mars (= chapter in an online textbook - a different one
than Rothery et al., 2018)
pp. 257-269 & chapter 9 of Rothery et al. (2018) -
info. on asteroids & meteorites
Geology
of asteroids & meteorites (= chapter in an online textbook - a different one
than Rothery et al., 2018)
pp. 207-238 of Rothery et al. (2018) - info. on
Jupiter.
Geology
of Jupiter & its 4 large moons (= chapter in an online
textbook - a different one than Rothery et al., 2018)
Geology
of Saturn & its major satellites (= chapter in an online
textbook - a different one than Rothery et al., 2018)
Geology
of Uranus & its major satellites (= chapter in an online
textbook - a different one than Rothery et al., 2018)
Geology
of Neptune & its satellites
(= chapter in an online textbook -
a different one than Rothery et al., 2018)
Geology
of Pluto & its satellites (= chapter in an online textbook - a different one
than Rothery et al., 2018)
Geology
of Comets (= chapter in an online textbook - a different one
than Rothery et al., 2018)
Photo galleries of planets & moons
(will be
updated throughout the term)
(for those
who are not familiar with flickr, clicking once or twice on the photos in these
galleries will allow one to zoom in and look around)
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Mercury photo galleries
Gallery of MESSENGER images (NASA)
Another gallery (Johns Hopkins & NASA)
Another gallery (Smithsonian)
[click on
the right arrow (>) near the upper
right of
each photo to scroll to the next]
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Venus photo galleries
Gallery of Magellan images (NASA)
[= 1 of 5
pages of pictures]
Another gallery (NASA-JPL)
Another gallery (NASA-JPL)
[= 1 of 2
pages of pictures]
Another
gallery (LPI)
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Earth photo galleries
Earth images (NASA)
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Asteroid
Belt
Meteorites (and here) (and here)
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