1.2. Introduction to Geology – Vocabulary
Section 1.1 What is geology?
- geology
- Earth
- rock
- interior
- exterior
- deep time
Section 1.2 Why study Earth?
- fossil
- climate change
- resource
- volcanic eruption
- slope failure
- earthquake
- metals
- materials
- environment
Section 1.3 What do geologists do?
- sub-surface
- geologic processes
- Earth materials
- field
- lab / laboratory
- geologic hazards
Section 1.4 We study Earth using the scientific method
- scientific method
- deductive Reasoning
- theory
- hypothesis
- upstream
- downstream
- mechanism
- prediction
- test / testable
- realistic
- law
- guess
- phenomenon
Section 1.5 Three big ideas
- Solar System
- geological time
- geological event
- geological record
- geological time scale
- interval
- absolute age
- relative age
- uniformitarianism
- plate tectonics
- boundary
- mountain belt
- volcano
- ocean
- continent
Other useful vocabulary:
- Earth system
- catastrophic event
- gradual process
- mineral resources
- landslide
