Earth Sciences 2240F/G- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 81 pages long!)
16 Feb 2018
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Observation > hypothesis > test hypothesis > theory > predictions > law. Natural process- events that are directed by physical, chemical and biological activity, such as earthquakes (we cant control them) Natural hazard- process becomes a potential threat to life or property. Interpretation there was no consensus on how scientific theories should be evaluated, and no such thing as correct scientific procedure until late. After years of geological studies he became a catholic: thomas burnet- assumed the world was created in the bible and uneven surfaces came from noah"s flood. An attempt to recognize the importance of geological processes, but sequence them and confine them within the concept of biblical studies: baron cuvier- royal influential and brilliant. If you were a catastrophist , you believed: that the history of earth was a record of unique events, there was no such thing as natural evolution of anything biological or inorganic, there was no possible prediction of nature.
