[EARTHSC 1121] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (55 pages long)

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Earth Sciences
• Course: EARTHSC 1121
• Professor: Wendy Panero

Document Summary

Note: bring in lab manual pages to every lab. The pages brought in must be empty, not filled in. Chapter 1: cosmology and the birth of the earth. Before we learn about the earth, we have to understand where it came from. Cosmology: the scientific study of the universe. Theory: a set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena. When dr. panero says things like the big bang happened, she says this statement because it has been repeatedly tested, is widely accepted, and can be used to make predictions. If she says something is not an open question (it"s not up in the air or still being hypothesized ), then it is a theory. Laws describing stuff shouldn"t conflict with one another. If they do, then something is wrong with at.