ESCI 101    
Professor Timothy H. Heaton
This course is called Principles of Earth Science I, or Physical Geology, and is the first course in the Earth Science general education laboratory sequence at USD. It is also required of Earth Science majors. At least one section is taught every Fall and Spring semester. Most students go on to take Principles of Earth Science II, or Historical Geology, for which this is a prerequisite.

Each student should be registered for a lab section. Labs meet once a week on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in AK 209. Be sure to be in attendance each week with your lab manual. Dr. Mark Sweeney is also teaching this course and has his own home page.

Welcome new students!

Labs begin the second week of classes. Before going to your first lab you need to log into Desire 2 Learn and print out the first lab exercise. Follow the instructions in the exercise and take it with you to lab.

*** Clicker Registration ***
You must register your clicker to receive credit for questions. You will
need your 7-digit USD ID number and the 6-character code on your Clicker.

*** Grade Viewer ***
You must register and create a password for yourself
to view grades and lecture presentations.

*** Chapter 1 Web Quiz ***
Take this quiz by the end of the day on Friday, September 5th. You may use
your book and notes, but you are required to take the quiz on your own.

Links
Course Syllabus and Class Schedule
(Download as Word Document)

Textbook Home Page

 Lecture Presentations
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
You must register with the Grade Viewer
to view lecture presentations. A problem
with the Chapter 1 file has now been fixed.

Dr. Heaton's Practice Exams

Atoms and Minerals (Chapter 2)
Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes (Chapters 4)
Sedimentary Rocks and Weathering (Chapters 5)
Metamorphic Rocks and Processes (Chapter 6)
Matching Questions on Rocks (Chapters 2-6)
Geologic Time (Chapter 7)
The Earth's Interior (Chapter 8, 10)
Planetary Geology (Chapter 9)
Earthquakes (Chapter 11)
Crustal Deformation (Chapter 11)		 Plate Tectonics (Chapters 12)
Oceanic and Continental Crust (Chapter 13)
Mass Wasting (Chapter 14-15)
Water and River Systems (Chapter 16)
Groundwater (Chapter 17)
Glaciers and Glaciation (Chapter 18)
Shorelines (Chapter 19)
Deserts and Wind (Chapter 20)
Atmosphere and Ocean (Extra)
[The textbook Web site also has many practice exams.]
 
Practice Geologic Time Scale Other Earth Science Practice Exams

Student Contribution Practice Exams

Please no true/false or simple essay questions.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7		 Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14		 Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Oceans

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