GEOL 1001 : Geology Exam 1 Notes
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Geology is the science that pursues an understanding of planet earth. Historical geology- origin of earth and its development through time. 500 years ago our world was more different than today. Ppl don"t want to live next to dangerous places, Involves vast times- millions or billions of years. Dates are placed in their proper sequence or order without knowing their age in years. Look over geologic time scale briefly figure 1. 9. Involves gathering facts through observations and formulation of hypotheses and theories. How or why things happen are explained using. Theory- a well tested and widely accepted view. The rock cycle: part of the earth system. The loop that involves the processes by which rock changes to another. Current concepts differ wildly from 100 years ago. Earth is one of eight planets in the solar system. The solar system is on an arm of the milky way galaxy. Our sun is one of 300 billion stars in this galaxy.
