GEOL 110 - Lecture 1

Table of Contents

1. Why Study Earth? Intro
2. What is Geology?
3. Why study Geology?
4. How to study the Earth?
5. Uniformitarianism
6. Plate Tectonics
7. Work
8. Earth Interacts
9. Sources of Energy
10. Why study Earth?
11. Earth Processes
12. Natural Resources
13. Earth's Surface - soil
14. Earth's Surface - water
15. Landforms
16. Number One Reason
17. 1.1 What is geology?
18. 1.1 Classic Divisions
19. 1.1 Physical Geology
20. 1.1 Modern Geologists
21. 1.1 Extremes
22. 1.1 Objectives
23. 1.1 Processes
24. 1.1 Interpret
25. 1.1 How do we know?
26. 1.2 Scientific Process
27. 1.2 Locate Resources
28. 1.2 Finding What We Need
29. 1.2 Avoiding Hazards
30. 1.2 Mapping the Risks
31. 1.2 Geologic Studies
32. 1.3 Study What's Observable
33. 1.3 Scientific Methods
34. 1.3 Scientific Methods in Brief
35. 1.3 Scientific Methods 1
36. 1.3 Scientific Methods 2
37. 1.3 Scientific Methods 3
38. 1.3 Scientific Methods 4
39. 1.3 Scientific Methods 5
40. 1.3 The Big Picture
41. 1.3 The Law of Gravity
42. Natural Phenomena, Laws, Principles
43. 1.4 Uniformitarianism
44. 1.4 Evidence
45. 1.4 Earthquakes
46. 1.4 Current Perspectives
47. 1.4 Principles
48. 1.5 What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
49. 1.5 The Plates
50. 1.5 Divergent Boundary
51. 1.5 Convergent Boundary
52. 1.5 Transform Boundary
53. 1.5 Hot Spots
54. 1.5 Hot Spots - Map
55. 1.5 Interaction of Plates
56. 1.6 How does work apply to Earth?
57. 1.6 Energy
58. 1.6 Heat Transfer
59. 1.6 Convection - Surface
60. 1.6 Convection - Subduction Zones
61. 1.6 Potential Energy
62. 1.6 Work: Explained