EESA06H3 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Notes
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Chapter 1 - introduction to physical geology and the environment. The study of the earth first known geological map was created by ancient egyptians over 3000 years ago . The industrial revolution in north europe created a growing demand for energy and minerals such as coal, limestone, iron and water. In the 17th century they believed that the earth was about 6,000 years old but now the age of the earth bas been determined to be at least 4,500 million years. The ever-changing nature of physical environments on planet earth (such as the positioning of the continents), together with the role of extraterrestrial processes (such as meteorite impacts), are seen as having largely controlled the evolution of the life forms. Moving continents: alfred wegener suggested the movement of continents. He recognized that today"s continents have previously been clustered together in a large land mass but has been moved apart.
