The assignment for week 1 is:
Write ONE short essay (no more than 500 words) on either topic (1) or topic (2).
[Complete and submit  your essay by copying and pasting it into this form (CLICK HERE)
or if hand-written hand in at the beginning of the class meeting.]

(1) Asbestos: You have been placed in charge of assessing the need to remove asbestos tiles from a building.
What should you consider? (Refer to your class notes.) Crocidolite (blue asbestos),  Chrysotile (white asbestos)
(Asbestos: What are the risks?)

(2) The rock cycle: Describe what part(s) of the rock cycle indicate to you that geological time must be of enormous length.
(Look in your textbook for a description of the rock cycle.)