Recognize and interpret the various types of unconformities. Understand the difference between transgressions and regressions and how they influence the geologic record. Understand what color indicates for Sedimentary Rocks. Understand how sandstones, limestones, and shales form. Understand how grain size, roundness and sorting relate to transport of sediment.
Evolution Discuss the difference between analogy and homology, with examples.
Understand the ideas which led Charles Darwin to propose the theory of evolution. Understand one or more models for speciation. Discuss the contribution of fossils to the theory of evolution, and give examples. Life on Earth and the Fossil Record Name the five biological kingdoms and tell something about each of them. Explain how and where organisms are preserved as fossils.