Geology 10

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Decks in this class (17)

1.1 Minerals and mineral properties
How are minerals formed,
Explain solidification from a melt,
Explain hydrothermal fluids
22  cards
2.5 Mass Extinctions
What is a mass extinction,
How do mass extinctions promote b...,
How do mass extinctions cause death
7  cards
2.5 Origins And Development Of Life On Earth
Where did life begin,
How did life begin,
How did life diversify
8  cards
2.4 Gelogical History Of UK
What is the move of 5he british i...,
Explain features of the palaeozic...,
What are the features of the uppe...
10  cards
2.4 Climate change And Sea Level Change
Why does earth s climate change,
Explain greenhouse gases ghgs,
How do volcanoes cause climate ch...
22  cards
Key Words
Normal polarity,
Reverse polarity,
Asthenosphere
4  cards
2.2 Plate Tectonics
What is lithosphere,
What are plate tectonics,
What is the earth s structure
23  cards
1.1 Microscopes And Microprobes
What is scanning electron microsc...,
What is electron microprobes
2  cards
1.2 Igneous Rocks And Processes
How is crystal size in igneous ro...,
How does viscosity affect volcani...,
What rocks and minerals does inte...
18  cards
1.3 Sedimentary Rocks And Their Fossil Content
What does grain size shape and so...,
Summarise size shape and sorting ...,
How to find texture of sedimentar...
28  cards
1.4 Metamorphic Rocks And Processes
How do metamorphic rocks form,
What are the two types of metamor...,
Explain contact metamorphism
6  cards
1.5 Gelogical Structures
What is the strike,
Explain how sedimentary beds are ...,
What are unconformities and what ...
10  cards
2.3 Geological principles
What are the key principles,
What uniformitarianism,
What is original horizontality
7  cards
2.3 Radiometric Dating
What is radiometric dating,
Explain radioactive parent isotopes,
Explain radioactive half life
5  cards
2.3 Zone Fossils
What is a zone fossil,
What is a good zone fossil,
What are graptolites
11  cards
2.1 The Rock Cycle
What are the stages of the rock c...,
Explain weathering,
Explain transport and erosion
8  cards
2.3 Gradualism And Catastrophism
What is gradualism,
What is catastrophism,
Examples of geological processes ...
11  cards

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