GEOL 110 - Lecture 1
Table of Contents
- Why Study Earth? Intro
- What is Geology?
- Why study Geology?
- How to study the Earth?
- Uniformitarianism
- Plate Tectonics
- Work
- Earth Interacts
- Sources of Energy
- Why study Earth?
- Earth Processes
- Natural Resources
- Earth's Surface - soil
- Earth's Surface - water
- Landforms
- Number One Reason
- 1.1 What is geology?
- 1.1 Classic Divisions
- 1.1 Physical Geology
- 1.1 Modern Geologists
- 1.1 Extremes
- 1.1 Objectives
- 1.1 Processes
- 1.1 Interpret
- 1.1 How do we know?
- 1.2 Scientific Process
- 1.2 Locate Resources
- 1.2 Finding What We Need
- 1.2 Avoiding Hazards
- 1.2 Mapping the Risks
- 1.2 Geologic Studies
- 1.3 Study What's Observable
- 1.3 Scientific Methods
- 1.3 Scientific Methods in Brief
- 1.3 Scientific Methods 1
- 1.3 Scientific Methods 2
- 1.3 Scientific Methods 3
- 1.3 Scientific Methods 4
- 1.3 Scientific Methods 5
- 1.3 The Big Picture
- 1.3 The Law of Gravity
- Natural Phenomena, Laws, Principles
- 1.4 Uniformitarianism
- 1.4 Evidence
- 1.4 Earthquakes
- 1.4 Current Perspectives
- 1.4 Principles
- 1.5 What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
- 1.5 The Plates
- 1.5 Divergent Boundary
- 1.5 Convergent Boundary
- 1.5 Transform Boundary
- 1.5 Hot Spots
- 1.5 Hot Spots - Map
- 1.5 Interaction of Plates
- 1.6 How does work apply to Earth?
- 1.6 Energy
- 1.6 Heat Transfer
- 1.6 Convection - Surface
- 1.6 Convection - Subduction Zones
- 1.6 Potential Energy
- 1.6 Work: Explained
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1.3 How do we know How to study Earth?
Geology spans the scales of what is observable—from the macroscale (planetary), to the microscale (molecular), and all in between.
Our observations of these things are data, but data alone are not science.
Fig 1.6