ATM 200 - Natural Disasters

DVD: “How the Earth was Made”

(Part 2)

Friday, 20 November 2015

Daily Announcements:

1) Exam #3 Review Class is today in LC-18 at 3:40 PM.

2) Exam #3 is Monday, Nov. 23. (Bring #2 pencils, pencil sharpener, eraser.)

3) Exam #3: Ch. 8, 12, 17, & M17 and lecture material (videos too!)

4) Complete the Geologic Timeline by today.

Song #1: “Changes” by David Bowie

Song #2: “Heat Wave / Too Darn Hot” by Rebecca Gruber

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• DVD – Part 2: “H0w the Earth was Made”, Hist0ry Channel, 2007

(To purchase the DVD, click this link.)

To be answered while watching the DVD:

1) As oxygen levels increased (during the late Jurassic and Cretaceous), what

allowed the dinosaurs to grow to very large sizes?

2) What alpine mountain visually displays the collisions of two continental plates?

3) Even though the Colorado River is not a very large river, what two factors

have led to its carving out the deep and awesome Grand Canyon over the past

6 million years?