questions about online assessment quizzes

In this summer holiday, would you please complete the on-line assessment quizzes of our textbook publisher? (http://www.oupchina.com.hk) If you've lost your login name and password, please email me. Thank you.

Please do write down your name when you log in. It's easier for me to check your records. Many thanks!

Some students have already done the quizzes. They've raised good questions. Here are my responses.

Let's strive for excellence!

Good diagrams provided by Chong Sum Ping (river energy)

Sum Ping has tried to answer my question, "Under what conditions will there be smaller amount of river energy?" She found 3 diagrams from the internet to explain for the relationship of river energy with

1. river velocity

2. river discharge

Good effort, Sum Ping :P Are they produced by you? If no, would you please quote the source of reference. Thank you!

Ms Leung

Questions about unit 2.1 & 2.4 (coast)

Questions raised by students about "coast". Share with you all. You're welcome to add your questions and responses.

Questions about units 2.2 & 2.3 (river)

Some smart students have good schedule for revision. They won't wait till the last minute. Appreciated!

Share our Q&A with you all :)

Questions about units 8.2 & 8.3 (Rocks)

Some students raised good questions about units 8.2 & 8.3 . Most are related to rocks. The questions are smart and enriching!

Responding to the article "Rocks & Minerals": (2) Let's search for related information

The following questions are smart questions raised by smart students. The questions are not covered in geography classes or in the textbook. Let's search for related information and learn from each other :)

All students can answer the following questions. A gold medal will be given to the best answer :)
1. Leung Ho Yee: is burying & compressing dead vegetation in swamp the ony way to form coal?
2. Lo Vanessa Hiu tung: How do people find crystals?
3. Lam Lok Ting: What forms minerals?
4. Lam Chu Hin: I'm not very sure about the definition of "minerals"
5. Ho Ka Ki: Why is water a kind of mineral?
6. Wong Win Queen: How to define some minerals as crystals? Are all crystrals formed from metals? Which methods are suitable for taking them out?
7. To Tsz Ching: Why are rocks and minerals important for us?
8. Choi Tsz Kiu: What is the imprtanc eof rocks & minerals to geography?
9. Chung Yuen Shan: Which minerals form limestone?
10. Lai Yin Sum: What is the factor affecting the color of rocks?
11. So Kam Kei: What is talc and talcum powder?
12. Tsang Suet Ying: I don't understand why hematite becomes red when it contacts with air and water.
13. Lo Hiu Tung: I don't know the formation of diamonds.
14. Ho Wing Man: How can wind affect the formation of sedimentary rocks?
15. Cheung Wing Sum: How do the geologists know how the Earth is formed and what the Earth is made up of?
16. Wong Hing Yin: Why do marbles have many colors?
17. Wong Nok Shun: How do geologists define some minerals as metal?

Responding to the article Rocks & Minerals (1) Surely you can answer your own questions

The following questinos are to be answered by the students asking them. The questions are covered in geography classes or in your textbook. You may try answering your own questions. If you can give a nice answer, you can gain a gold medal. I trust you can make it!

1. Chong Ka yan: Why can igneous and sedimentary rocks turn into metamorphic rocks?

2. Au Him Shun: how do igenous or sedimentary rocks turn into metamorphic rocks?

3. Li Yin Ning: Are igneous rock and sedimentary rock the only rocks which can turn into metamorphic rocks?

4. Chong Sum ping: Where are metamorphic rocks formed?

5. Wong Ching Yi: is batholith a kind of igneous rock?

6. Ku Hung Ngai: Do all rocks come from magma?

7. Kwan Sin Tung: Why are somer metals a kind of mineral?

28-30/3/2010高雄、墾丁地理生態考察團