EAPS 11200 Lecture 1: 01072019

• School: Purdue University
• Department: Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
• Course: EAPS 11200
• Professor: Terry West

Document Summary

Distinguish earth history from earth dynamics: geology is the science of the earth, composition, structure, origin, life forms, physical and chemical processes, two main parts, earth dynamics (or physical geology, earth history (or historical geology) The theories of plate tectonics and biological evolution: two important scientific theories are central to an understanding of earth history, plate tectonics, biological evolution, evolutionary theory is the great unifying idea of biology. It is the process by which biological species give rise to other species by way of genetic changes. Scientific method: collection of facts (data, classification of data, formulation of a hypothesis, testing of the hypothesis, recognition of a theory. Testing of hypotheses: must be testable, must be repeatable. Approaches to testing of hypothesis human element effect : check the original data (repeatable, collect additional data, develop additional lines or types of data to support the hypothesis, attempt to disprove the hypothesis.