BIOL1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Ocean Current, Paleozoic, Zircon
29 May 2017
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Lecture 6: origins of earth and ancient climate last class: effects of climate change. Northeast us warming faster than other regions of the us. Increase in the number of days over 90 f. This class has 3 exams and 1 final. Exam 1 will cover introductory material, up to this friday (1/18-2/3) It will be given in class and last 50 minutes. The exam will be a mix of multiple choice and short answer/sketched answers. For practice, go over the questions done in class, as well as reviewing your notes, etc. today: origins of earth and ancient climatic changes. Our solar system is about 4. 57 billion years old. We live in a rotating cloud of gas and dust. Matter accumulated in the center creating the sun. Solar energy is produced by the conversion of helium to hydrogen in nuclear fusion. Earth began as a rotating cloud of gas and particles, which coalesced and stratified over time.
