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1: basics of earth
What is a planet,
Iau s solar system,
The big bang
28
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2 Plate tectonics part one
Earth s plates,
Alfred wegener continental drift,
Evidence for continental drift
19
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3 plate tectonics part two
Lithosphere and athenosphere,
Basic temp and density physics,
What provides the motion of liqui...
20
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4 minerals
Atoms isotopes and ions,
Bonding,
States of matter caused by what
32
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5 igneous rocks
Magma vs lava,
Generation of magma,
Types of magma melting
32
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7 volcanoes
Craters vs calderas,
Which type of magma will have mor...,
Explosivity of magma
21
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8 volcanoes and third nephi
Disastrous events described,
Theories possibilities to expain ...,
Pyroclastic flows parallels
4
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2 sedimentary rocks
Sedimentary rock basics,
Origins of sedimentary rocks,
Where do the materials for sedime...
27
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2 Metamorphic Rocks
Metamorphisis,
Unseen metamorphism,
Metamorphic rock formation
26
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Earthquakes
Earthquakes,
San francisco 1906,
San fran 1906 significance for ea...
14
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Deformed rocks
Mountains mountain building,
Deformation,
Brittle deformation
28
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deep time 1
How old is the earth,
Catastrophism,
Uniformitarianism
15
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deep time 2
Unstable isotopes,
Half life,
Radioactive dating
10
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a biography of the earth
Geologic time scale,
Precambrian eons,
Precambrian eons archean
22
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biography of the earth 2
Know dates of periods or eras,
Early and middle mesozoic,
Early triassic mesozoic life
18
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earth's resources
Gospel topic environmental stewar...,
Mineral resources,
Energy resources
21
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slope systems
Slopes and mass wasting,
Mass wasting,
Case studies
28
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3 streams and floods
Rivers,
Drainage networks,
Drainage basins and divides
39
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