SCIN 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Geologic Time Scale, Igneous Rock, Hydrosphere
7 Feb 2019
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Learning objectives: 1. 1 list and describe the sciences that collectively make up earth science. Define system and explain why earth is considered to be a system: 1. 5 list and describe the major features of the ocean basins and continents. List and describe the sciences that collectively make up earth science. Discuss the scales of space and time in earth science. Earth science: includes all the sciences that collectively seek to understand earth and its neighbors in space. Geology literally the study of earth, both physical and historical. Oceanography a study of the ocean, water planet . Meteorology the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather. Earth science is environmental science: natural hazards: earth processes that adversely impact society, resources: formation and occurrence of materials of great practical value, people influence earth processes: how humans influence earth. Scales of space and time in earth science: geologic time. Concept of recent is different: geologic time scale.
