GEOL 1001 : Geology Final Exam Review
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Chapter 1: universe-contains all matter and energy, matter- anything that you can touch, feels, or takes up space, the big bang theory, all energy/ matter packed in one point, explosion=universe. 13. 7 billion years ago (ga) billion years ago. 3 minutes: temperature (t) is less than 1 billion degrees. 25c/km (in crust: 10c/km deeper, heat causes liquid core, pressure and temperature increase in center (width, mantle depth, takes up most of the space in earth; biggest layer; softer than crust; flows but solid (rotates around slowly, Plate tectonics: 12 major plates, inside of plates are very rigid. Trench: deep region in ocean (crust bending underneath crust) Continents collide with no new ocean crust being made. 1. normal fault: hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall, pull apart (divergent) 2. reverse (thrust) fault: hanging wall goes up relative to footwall, push together (convergent) 3. strike-slip faults: no hanging walls or foot walls, faults are vertical (straight up and down, ex.
