GEOL 1001 Chapter : Geology
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Geology is the science that studies the earth: how it evolved, how it was born, how it works, and how we can help preserve its habitants for life. We will also introduce you to a geologists view of time. Time may look different after you understand the long span of geological history. The main difference between earth science and the rest of the sciences (except for astrophysics) is the use of deep time . For us a million years passes like a 15-minute break. Earth and the other planets in our solar system were formed about 4. 5 billion years ago. Through careful observations and reasoning theories of biological evolution, continental drift, and plate tectonics. If you know the answer already that is not science. Barriers to science are human e. g. , greed, dishonesty, fear of change, hunger for power, cultural conditioning, politics
