Earth System Science Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Geologic time - The idea that the earth is old, and around 4.54 billion years old. After the K-T event - everything made after is made from the 30% of life left The most resent period in geological time is the - holocene, most resent 10,000 year period End of earth formation is represented in which geological time? - Hadean eon Earth cross-sectional radius - 6400 km (4000 miles). We know this because of remote sensing. Seismic wave - sound or vibration that can be measured, base...

Astronomy - The study of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere Meteorology - The study of forces and processed that cause the atmosphere to change and produce weather Geology - The study of the materials that make up Earth, the processes that form and change these materials, and the history of the planet and it's life forms since its origin Oceanography - The study of earths oceans Environmental science - The study of the interactions of organisms and their surroundings Geosphere - ...

What are the main areas of Earth Science? - Earth Science includes many subdivisions of geology such as geochemistry, geophysics, geobiology, paleontology, as well as oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. What is meteorology? - The scientific study of the atmosphere and atmospheric phenomena' the study of weather and climate. What is historical geology? - Establishes a timeline of the vast number of physical and biological changes that have occurred in the past. Nebular Hypothesis ...

The Viking settlements in Greenland were: C. adversely affected by the Little Ice Age Which of the following diagrams represents relationships between variables that have an unstable equilibrium point? The Right hand Graph Earth System Science is characterized by: A. multidisciplinary approaches B. more integrative than reductive science D. use of computer modeling E. use of systems analysis Behavior of complex systems that comes about from interactions among components and is not predi...