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Lecture Two
What is a scientific theory,
How do we know the basic structur...,
What are the earth s layers and w...
7
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Lecture Three
What happened 10 30 to 10 10 seco...,
What happened 10 2 seconds after ...,
What happened 3 minutes and 46 se...
16
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Lecture Four
What is the universe made up of,
What are the characteristics of t...,
Why does the sun shine
15
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Lecture Five
What forces of attraction act upo...,
What points must be explained by ...,
What is descartes theory of the s...
10
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Lecture Six
What defines a planet,
Define an extrasolar planet,
What problems are we faced with w...
15
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Lecture Seven
What are the characteristics of b...,
What are the characteristics of g...,
How is a crater formed
15
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Prac One
When did the universe begin,
How many galaxies are there in th...,
What is the vomit comet
25
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Prac Two
What is a chondrite,
What is an achondrite,
What is a widmanstatten structre
11
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Lecture Eight
Describe the characteristics for ...,
What is the great red spot on jup...,
What are jupiter s moons
17
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Lecture Nine
Describe the characteristics of a...,
What is ceres and what are its ch...,
What is vesta and what are its ch...
9
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Lecture Ten - Review lecture
Describe the timeline of the grow...,
What is the universe made of,
What is the age of the universe
24
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Lecture Eleven
How do we know what the internal ...,
How are we going drilling into th...,
What have volcanic erruptions tol...
18
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Lecture Twelve
What do plate tectonics control a...,
What are the other theories expla...,
What evidence is there to support...
10
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Lecture Thirteen
What are the three main types of ...,
What is a passive margin,
What are the characteristics of o...
18
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Lecture Fourteen
What are the characteristics of c...,
What is isostasy,
What is the moho
15
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Lecture Fifteen
Define a rock,
How do grains of minerals get tog...,
What is bed rock
9
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Lecture Sixteen
Define a rock,
Define a mineral,
What do the properties of mineral...
7
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Lecture Seventeen
What is an igneous rock,
What is magma,
How can you melt a rock to make m...
12
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Lecture Eighteen
What is a sedimentary rock,
How is a sediment made,
Explain the process of weathering
8
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Lecture Nineteen
What is a metamorphic rock,
What are the primary sources of h...,
What is the equation linking pres...
17
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Lecture Twenty - Second review lecture
What are the layers of the earth ...,
What is the depth of the crust,
What evidence is there for plate ...
23
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Lecture Twenty One - Concepts of time and the age of the Earth
What relative geological time sca...,
Explain radioactive decay,
What is a radioactive half life
7
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Lecture Twenty Two - Fossils
What is a fossil,
How are fossils made,
Where are fossils found
13
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Lecture Twenty Four - Pre-Cambrian Life
Describe the archaean earth,
Describe photosynthesis as life b...,
What evidence is there fore photo...
11
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Lecture Twenty Five - Life in the Cambrian
What was significant in the organ...,
Why was there a sudden increase i...,
Why was there an explosion of lif...
5
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Lecture Twenty Seven - Cenozoic: The rise of Australia's Unique Fauna
What was the cenozoic cainozoic,
What happened in the eocene 55mya,
What hapened in the miocene early...
9
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Lecture Twenty Eight - Geo-hazards and plate tectonics
Define a geohazard,
How has the cost of geohazards ch...,
What happens when a earthquake oc...
6
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Lecture Twenty Nine - Earthquakes
What is an earthquake,
What is a fault,
What is the elastic rebound theory
10
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Lecture Thirty - Volcanoes
What are the different kinds of r...,
What eight minerals are igneous r...,
Describe komatiite
17
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Lecture Thirty One - Landslides, Avalanches and Lahars
Describe the effects of gravity o...,
What is the order of highest to l...,
Describe avalanches
6
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Lecture Thirty Two - Asteroids, Meteors and Meteorites
What are asteroids meteors and me...,
Define meteor meteoroid meteorite...,
How many of these bodies are there
10
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Lecture Thirty Three - Climate Change (natural processes)
What controls the climate of the ...,
What is in our atmosphere,
What is the origin of the atmosph...
11
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