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Contents of 1.1 Interpret
1.1 What is geology?
- Geology is the study of the Earth
- its materials
- its inner workings
- the origin and change of its surface features.
- The many subdivisions of geology address narrow areas of focus by combining with perspectives from other scientific areas.
- Geologists
- strive to understand the cause and distribution of geologic processes occurring on Earth today
- also strive to interpret the 4.56 billion year history of these processes