GL101 Final: GL101 – Geology Part I Comprehensive Study Guide
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Chapter 1 - an intro to geology and plate tectonics. A: examines the materials composing earth to gain an understanding of the many processes that operate both on and beneath its surface. A: to understand the origin of earth and its development through time. A: canada"s premier geologist; his theory for the origin of coal is still valid today (he based it on upright pertrified tree trunks in the strata) A: there was a large explosion that sent all matter in the universe flying outward at incredible speeds. 13. 7 billion years ago the start of the universe. A: that the bodies in our solar system evolved from a rotating cloud (5 bya) called a solar nebula. As it contracted the speed of rotation (increase pressure) and temperature increased. Sufficient heat and pressure reached in the proto-sun a fusion reaction began (4. 6bya).
