Quiz for Porosity and Permeability Video
Summary
This is a pdf of a quiz composed of eight multiple choice and True/False questions.
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Context
Audience
This material is appropriate for an introductory course such as Physical Geology, Earth Science or Environmental Geology.
Skills and concepts that students must have mastered
The quiz and related video are best used soon after the concept of groundwater has been introduced.
How the activity is situated in the course
Students respond to quiz questions presented in our classroom management system after viewing the related video and before attending class. (That is, while we provide the questions here as a pdf document, that is not how we present them to students in our course.)
Goals
Content/concepts goals for this activity
The quiz and related video address three learning objectives:
- Students will be able to describe what we mean by groundwater;
- Students will be able to define the terms porosity and permeability;
- Students will be able to discuss the variability in porosity and permeability in different earth materials.
Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity
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Other skills goals for this activity
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Description and Teaching Materials
After watching the associated video, students complete the quiz to ensure that they have a working knowledge of some basic content related to ice ages. This provides the instructor with more time in the subsequent class to incorporate active learning exercises that include application of higher order thinking skills.
- (answers included at the bottom)
- Porosity and Permeability video
PorosityPermeability_Quiz -- private instructor-only file
HideTeaching Notes and Tips
We include the video and quiz in a pre-class exercise offered in our course management system.
Assessment
Compare student responses to answer key (included - see bottom of PDF).