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| PLATES ARE CREATED AND DESTROYED AT ___ ____ |
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| THE CENTER OF PLATES TEND TO BE ____ |
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| DOMINANT PROCESS AFFECTING THE EVOLUTION OF OUR PLATE EXPLAINS __________________ |
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| WHY EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES, MOUNTAIN OCCUR WHERE THEY DO |
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| THE STUDY OF EARTH, THE PLANETS, AND MOONS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM |
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| GEOLOGY AND THE FOMULATION OF THEORIES |
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THEORIES ARE FORMULATED THROUGH THE PROCESS KNOWN AS THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD. THIS METHOD IS AN ORDERLY, LOGICAL APPROACH THAT INVOLVES GATHERING AND ANALYZING FACTS OR DATA ABOUT THE PROBLEM UNDER CONSIDERATION.
TENATIVE EXPLANATIONS, OR HYPOTHESES ARE FORMED TO EXPLAIN THE OBSERVED PHENOMENA. NEXT
THE HYPOTHESES ARE TESTED TO SEE WHETHER WHAT WAS PREDICTED ACTUALLY OCCURS IN A GIVEN SITUATION. FINALLY IF ONE EXPLAINS THE PHENOMENA, THEN ITS PROPOSED AS A THEORY |
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| HOW DOES GEOLOGY RELATE TO THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE |
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EXAMPLES OF WHICH GEOLOGY RELATION TO THE HUMANKIND CAN BE FOUND IN ART, MUSIC, AND LITERATURE.
DEPICTION OF ROCKS AND LANDSCAPES
IN HISTORY AND CULUTRE COUNTRIES HAVE FOUGHT WARS TO SECURE NATURAL RESOURCES SUCH AS OIL AND GAS AND VALUABLE MINERALS LIKE GOLD, SILVER, AND DIAMONDS . THE TOPOGRAPHY HAS BEEN USED IN MILITARY TACTICS. |
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| HOW DOES GEOLOGY AFFECT OUR EVERYDAY LIVES ? |
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, BUT IT ALSO AFFECTS OUR DAILY LIVES AS INDIVIDUALS, SOCIETIES, AND NATION-STATES. A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF GEOLOGY IS CRITICAL IN DEALING WITH THE MANY ENVIONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES FACIING HUMANKIND SUCH AS COLCANIC ERUPTIONS, EARTHQUAKES, LANDSLIDES, TSUNAMI, FLOODS, AND DROUGHTS. THE KNOWLEDGE WILL AID IN PREDICTIONS AND MITIGATING THE SEVERITY OF THE IMPACT
ECONOMICS: PROPERTY OWNERS: MINERAL RIGHTS
GOVERNMENT: ROLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND REGULATIONS
APPLIANCES: BURNING OF COAL, , NATURAL GAS, OR URANIUM IN NUCLEAR -GENERATING PLANTS
CONCRETE: MIX OF CLAY, SAND OR GRAVEL & LIMESTONE
DRYWALL: MADE OF PART MIINERAL GYPSOM
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| GLOBAL GEOLOGIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FACING HUMANKIND? |
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SOME ARGUE THAT OVERPOPULATION - THE RESOURCES NEEDED FOR DAILY LIVING EFFECTS THE ALREADY DANGERED AREAS. NEW TECHNIQUES ARE NEEDED TO REDUCE THE DEPENDANCE OF DWINDLING NON RENEWABLE RESOURCE BASE AND TO INCREASE OUR RECYCLYING EFFORTS
ESPECIALLY NON INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTEIS
INDUSTRIALIZED AREAS- PRODUCING POLLUTANTS |
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| GLOBAL GEOLOGY AFFECT OUR EVERYDAY LIVES? |
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| the recycling of carbon dioxide between earth's crust an atmospher is an important climate regulator because carbon dioxide and other gases, such as methane, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorcarbons, and water vapor, allow sunlight to pass through them, but trap the heat relflected back from earth's surface. This retention of heat is called greenhouse effect. it results in an increase of temperature of earth's surface, and more importantly its atmosphere, thus producing global warming. |
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| ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE AND SOLAR SYSTEM, AND EARTH'S PLACE IN THEM |
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the Big Bang Theory is a model for the evolution of the universe in which a dense hot state was followed by expansion, cooling , and a less dense state.
Modern cosmology (study of the origin, evolution, and nature of the universe) the universe has no edge and therefore no center. thus, when the universe began all matter and energy were compressed into an infinitely small high -temperature and high density state in which both time and space were at zero. Therefore, there is no"before the Big Bang, only what occurred after it. |
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| WHY EARTH IS A DYNAMIC AND EVOLVING PLANET |
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| ORGANIC EVOLUTION AND THE HISTORY OF LIFE |
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| GEOLOGIC TIME AND UNIFORMITARIANISM |
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