Kyle+Magee


 * Wiki Assignment 3: The Search for Habitable ("Earth-like") Planets**
 * Background:** Before the 1990's most scientists didn't think we would ever find planets outside of our own solar system, let alone potentially habitable "Earth-like" planets. Since then, some truly amazing discoveries have been made. This topic is truly cutting edge in Astronomy and all of science!


 * Directions:** Conduct some research on this topic and type a short summary on your wiki. I want to give you some creative freedom in terms of direction here, but at the bare minimum you should seek answers to the following questions:
 * 1) **Who** were some of the first people to find an "extra-solar" planet (a planet beyond our own solar system)
 * 2) **How and when** were these scientists able to make such an amazing discovery?
 * 3) **What do we know** about these planets? **How far** are they from Earth? What do scientists think these first discovered extra-solar planets are like in terms of **(size, composition, conditions, etc.)**?
 * 4) Provide a short time line of **events/discoveries that have been made since then.**
 * 5) Based on what you have learned so far, **predict where you think this research will lead**? (i.e. what will scientists learn about extra-solar planets in the future or what is the next step in this area of study?) It would also be a good idea to mention some of the **problems, obstacles**, etc. that will need to be overcome.

Directions: Many of the minerals we learned about during chapter 4 are the chief "rock-forming minerals." Next, we are going to investigate the 3 major rock types: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. Your job during this assignment is to **search** the Internet for a common rock that is composed of __**2 or more of the minerals listed in bold below**__ and to **describe** how that rock forms from those minerals (1 good paragraph in your own words). You must include a **picture of the minerals** themselves, a **picture of the rock**, and a **picture illustrating the process by which the rock forms** (Include captions describing your images). The chief rock forming minerals are: **Calcite, Feldspar, Quartz, Augite, Garnet, Hornblende, Kaolin, Biotite Mica and Muscovite Mica.** Many many rocks are formed from these minerals so begin with some simple Internet research on "common rocks" formed from the most common minerals on our list. You can have one partner, but again make sure the completed assignment appears on both of your wikis. **And you may choose any chief rock other than granite (because that is my example below)**
 * Wiki Assignment 2: Rock Forming Minerals**

__**20 points total**__
 * Grading for assignment 4 is based on the following:**
 * 5 points for the 1 paragraph description of how the rock is formed (must briefly explain the process by which the rock is formed from it's component minerals. i.e. magma cooling, compaction, metamorphism; explain)**
 * 5 points for the picture, diagram, etc. showing how the process by which the rock forms**
 * 5** **points for the pictures of the individual minerals involved**
 * 5 points for the** **picture of the rock you're describing**
 * **This is the rock obsidian** ||  || [[image:http://www.beg.utexas.edu/mainweb/publications/graphics/granite-400.jpg width="252" height="191" caption="http://www.beg.utexas.edu/mainweb/publications/graphics/granite-400.jpg"]] ||
 * http://www.beg.utexas.edu/mainweb/publications/graphics/granite-400.jpg ||  ||
 * **It is composed of these chief rock forming minerals** ||  || [[image:http://www.galleries.com/minerals/silicate/milky_qu/milky_qu.jpg width="229" height="172" caption="Quartz"]] ||
 * Quartz ||


 * [[image:file:///Users/12mageek/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-1.png]][[image:http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/mineral/mica/6muscovite-peel.jpg]] ||
 * Mica ||

orthoclase ||
 * [[image:http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/mineral/feldspar/6orthoclase-twins1122.jpg]] ||
 * [[image:http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/mineral/feldspar/6orthoclase-twins1122.jpg]] ||
 * **This image shows how granite forms from these minerals** ||  ||   ||
 * **Here you provide an explanation of how your rock forms** ||  ||
 * **Here you provide an explanation of how your rock forms** ||  ||

b. Explain what "magnitude" means. (the scale used, and how a 3 on the scale differs from 2, 4, etc.)
 * Magnitude**
 * a. Describe the magnitude of this earthquake

The magnitude of this earthquake was a 6.3. on the rector scale every increase in 10 times stronger then the one before it so an earthquake with the magnitude of 5.3 is 10 time weaker then the one that just occurred in New Zealand ||
 * **Impact** || Explain damage, cost, death toll, etc.

It was the deadliest natural disaster to ever occur in New Zealand. At least 65 people died, building collapsed and many people were alive and trapped in the ruins. To fix everything may cost about 15.1 billion dollars || the reason this earthquake happened is because new zealand is right at a plate boundary which is called the alpine fault. When the plates shift earthquakes occur. This is the second earthquake in the last 5 months ||
 * **Cause** || Why did the quake happen where it did? Does this region get a lot of quakes?