Geology 10

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Decks in this class (17)

1.1 Minerals and mineral properties
How are minerals formed 1 5 1,
Explain solidification from a melt 2,
Explain hydrothermal fluids 3
22  cards
2.5 Mass Extinctions
What is a mass extinction 1,
How do mass extinctions promote b...,
How do mass extinctions cause dea...
7  cards
2.5 Origins And Development Of Life On Earth
Where did life begin 1,
How did life begin 2,
How did life diversify 3
8  cards
2.4 Gelogical History Of UK
How have the british isles moved ...,
Explain features of the lower pal...,
What are the features of the uppe...
10  cards
2.4 Climate change And Sea Level Change
Why does earth s climate change 1,
Explain how the enhanced greenhou...,
How do volcanoes cause climate ch...
22  cards
Key Words
Normal polarity 1,
Reverse polarity 2,
Asthenosphere 3
4  cards
2.2 Plate Tectonics
What is lithosphere 1,
What are plate tectonics 2,
What is the earth s structure 3
23  cards
1.1 Microscopes And Microprobes
What is scanning electron microsc...,
What are electron microprobes 2
2  cards
1.2 Igneous Rocks And Processes
How is crystal size in igneous ro...,
What rocks and minerals does visc...,
What rocks and minerals does inte...
18  cards
1.3 Sedimentary Rocks And Their Fossil Content
What does grain size shape and so...,
Summarise grain size shape and so...,
How to find texture of sedimentar...
28  cards
1.4 Metamorphic Rocks And Processes
How do metamorphic rocks form 1,
What are the two types of metamor...,
Explain contact metamorphism 3
6  cards
1.5 Gelogical Structures
What is the strike 1,
Explain how sedimentary beds are ...,
What are unconformities and what ...
10  cards
2.3 Geological principles
What are the key principles 1,
What is uniformitarianism 2,
What is original horizontality 3
7  cards
2.3 Radiometric Dating
What is radiometric dating 1,
Explain radioactive parent isotop...,
Explain radioactive half life 3
5  cards
2.3 Zone Fossils
What is a zone fossil 1,
What is a good zone fossil 2,
What are graptolites 3
11  cards
2.1 The Rock Cycle
What are the stages of the rock c...,
Explain weathering 2,
Explain transport and erosion 3
8  cards
2.3 Gradualism And Catastrophism
What is gradualism 1,
What is catastrophism 2,
Examples of geological processes ...
11  cards

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