the lab topic I chose is Formation of california, all instructions are attached, if any confusion let me know
Instructions for submitting the Report on a Geologic Feature
Click on the ‘Discussion’ labeled ‚Enter Your Topic‛ and note the topics that your peers have already picked.
From the file ‚Geologic Features‛, pick topic that is not taken. This file is in this week’s module.
Do a search about your feature. Any websites with ‘.edu’, ‘.gov’, are preferable, but National Geographic and Wikipedia
can also be great sources that you can use. You can find information also on https://scholar.google.com/. The sooner you
do the search is better because if you can’t find references enough for 10 facts you can contact the instructor to select a
different Geologic Feature.
This is a report, not a research paper. Therefore, the format is different. The basic idea is to write the report in a fact-form
so that anyone who reads it gets an introduction to the feature you are writing about. Please don’t copy and paste
phrases/sentences from the articles that you used. The facts must be written in a language simple enough for a nonscience student can understand. You may be asked to explain some facts.
Find 10 facts about that feature. These facts must include those numbered 1, 2, 3, and 10.
1.
Location (latitude-longitude or the range of latitudes and longitudes, and nearest country)
2.
Water depth(s) or altitude(s)
3.
dimensions (size, length, width, or volume)
4.
Tectonic features and or processes
5.
Geophysical characteristics (information about the crust, mantle, lithosphere, mantle etc.)
6.
Geochemical characteristics (information about chemical properties of rocks, magma etc.)
7.
Age, rock types, and/or the evolution of the feature
8.
Resources (water, mineral, energy)
9.
Any other significant or relevant information
10. Sources (References) (Show only the web links to references that you used in the report)
This is a report, not a research paper. Therefore, the format is different.
Reply to the Discussion D5, and write the name of the geologic feature as the title of your report, and write a list of the 10
facts. Number the facts from 1 – 10. The facts #1 – #3 are essential. The fact #10 must be the sources (references).
Facts #4 – 9 do not have to be the ones that are suggested, you can write any facts other than those listed above.
Grading: Each verifiable fact earns 3 points (total 30 points). The following will result in negative points:
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If the Report is not in the list-form [-30 pts]
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If the facts are not numbered [-30 pts]
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If a certain information is repeated [every repeat is -3 pts]
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If a fact is referring to a feature other than the feature of the report [-3 pts]
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If a fact is inaccurate [-3 pts]
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If the sentence that describes the fact is not grammatically correct [-3 pts]
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If the sentence that describes the fact has spelling errors [-3 pts]
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If the references are unavailable, or non-scientific references are used [-3 pts]
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If more than two sentences used to describe a fact [-3 pts]
If you need, you will be helped to find sources, and each source provided will cost you 3 points.
Again, if you start early enough any issues can be addressed before the deadline.
You can submit the report only once. Therefore, please make sure to read this page well and make sure that your report
adheres to the Instructions.
Please remember that your Report is submitted as a Reply to the Discussion ‚D5: Report on a Geologic Feature‛.