(ESS) This question asks you to apply previous knowledge to a specific place we learned about this week.

What type of river is the MDB at the level we discussed it?

(practical) In results sections, we need to detail and quantify what we are observing. This question asks which of these results need to be described.

What sorts of characteristics give us information about past sea-level high stands within the Coorong coastal plain strandlines?

(own time) This is a classification question. Classifying large scale processes helps create clear communication about cause and effect on global scales.

What type of cycles are important to this weeks focus?

(practical) One characteristic of sediments we commonly measure is grain size. This question asks you to consider different sources of sediment and compare their expected grain size so that you would be able to classify sediments or identify anomalies.

Arrange the average grain size from largest to smallest.

(practical) The discussion is the place where we get to interpret. (Yes, this is the only place we get to do that!) This is an example of an interpretation we might make depending on what we find in our results.

Which of the following organisms would have blown onto the strandline?

(own time) Reading different types of figures is integral for many types of science. This question requires you to read a specific type of graph.

How much lower was the sea level 80kya? Answer in metres.

(own time) This is a definitions question. Precision in terminology helps ensure we understand what other people are describing.

What is a geomorphic proxy?

Which of the following is true about all (good) archives?

(own time) Selecting methods correctly ensures we can answer the question we are actually interested in. This question ensures you know how to use criteria to select methods.

Given the isotope we normally date coral with, which of the following timescales can corals tell us about?

(own time) This is a definitions question. Precision in terminology helps ensure we understand what other people are describing.

What determined the beginning of the Quaternary?