GEOL 1003 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Silly Putty, African Plate, Transform Fault
11 Apr 2018
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Be familiar with metric units, particularly those for length and density. Be familiar with the scientific method, particularly the distinction between. Kg/l, g/ml, t/m^3 hypothesis and theory, and how both are developed. A hypothesis confirmed through repeated experimental tests. Around 1912 when he wrote hypothesis of continental drift. List and explain the main lines of evidence he presented for continental drift (pre-1950s). We know that ancient glaciations occurred because glaciers leave a unique rock deposit tillite and scratches and grooves on rock surfaces that indicate the direction of ice movement. During times of glaciation (such as the last ice age that ended 10,000 years ago), glaciers move south from the north pole and move north from the south pole. Mountain belts and rock formations of the same age on opposite sides of the atlantic ocean. Wegener also looked at the ancient climate paleoclimate zones indicated by the distribution of the fossils of various animals and plants.
