The Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States.

Describe the difference in shoreline features between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States. Explain the possible cause of the difference using the Plate Tectonic theory

The topography of the ocean floor

How would you describe the topography of the ocean floor (generally flat or variable in depth) when incoming waves to a straight shoreline bent significantly? Explain

The block faulting

What is block faulting? It never happens, but describe what it might look like if compressions produced features similar to block faulting?

The main goals and principles of the European Union

What are the main goals and principles of the European Union? What successes and difficulties has the organization had? What makes Germany such an important power within the European Union? What are some of the weaker powers within the EU, and how does the European Union struggle to accommodate the diverse needs of its 28 members?

The ethical theory

Describe an ethical theory (ethics of happiness; ethics of the person; ethics of virtue or another one) that you think is more relevant to think about sustainability

The clastic and carbonate sedimentary rocks

What pore types are present in clastic and carbonate sedimentary rocks? Discuss why porosity and permeability correlate in clastic rocks but not in carbonates.

The principles of worker protection

How can we apply the principles of worker protection to other issues? Think back to the priority ways of protecting workers outlined in this module. Could we use similar strategies for protecting people against air pollution? Hazardous chemicals? Other environmental or health problems?

The island communities and the natural environment.

Briefly describe one way environmental stresses related to water is deleterious to island communities and the natural environment.

The photographs of Carrie Mae Weems

Evaluate how the photographs of Carrie Mae Weems engage with, or challenge, a mode of Renaissance portraiture involving reciprocity of gazes between the picture and the viewer, and/or between the artist and the sitter.

The configurability and interoperability

Why is it important to understand usability, configurability, and interoperability? Should these concepts out way the underlining cost of the new system? Which system do you recommend and why?