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Decks in this class (32)

Lecture Two
What is a scientific theory,
How do we know the basic structur...,
What are the earth s layers and w...
7  cards
Lecture Three
What happened 10 30 to 10 10 seco...,
What happened 10 2 seconds after ...,
What happened 3 minutes and 46 se...
16  cards
Lecture Four
What is the universe made up of,
What are the characteristics of t...,
Why does the sun shine
15  cards
Lecture Five
What forces of attraction act upo...,
What points must be explained by ...,
What is descartes theory of the s...
10  cards
Lecture Six
What defines a planet,
Define an extrasolar planet,
What problems are we faced with w...
15  cards
Lecture Seven
What are the characteristics of b...,
What are the characteristics of g...,
How is a crater formed
15  cards
Prac One
When did the universe begin,
How many galaxies are there in th...,
What is the vomit comet
25  cards
Prac Two
What is a chondrite,
What is an achondrite,
What is a widmanstatten structre
11  cards
Lecture Eight
Describe the characteristics for ...,
What is the great red spot on jup...,
What are jupiter s moons
17  cards
Lecture Nine
Describe the characteristics of a...,
What is ceres and what are its ch...,
What is vesta and what are its ch...
9  cards
Lecture Ten - Review lecture
Describe the timeline of the grow...,
What is the universe made of,
What is the age of the universe
24  cards
Lecture Eleven
How do we know what the internal ...,
How are we going drilling into th...,
What have volcanic erruptions tol...
18  cards
Lecture Twelve
What do plate tectonics control a...,
What are the other theories expla...,
What evidence is there to support...
10  cards
Lecture Thirteen
What are the three main types of ...,
What is a passive margin,
What are the characteristics of o...
18  cards
Lecture Fourteen
What are the characteristics of c...,
What is isostasy,
What is the moho
15  cards
Lecture Fifteen
Define a rock,
How do grains of minerals get tog...,
What is bed rock
9  cards
Lecture Sixteen
Define a rock,
Define a mineral,
What do the properties of mineral...
7  cards
Lecture Seventeen
What is an igneous rock,
What is magma,
How can you melt a rock to make m...
12  cards
Lecture Eighteen
What is a sedimentary rock,
How is a sediment made,
Explain the process of weathering
8  cards
Lecture Nineteen
What is a metamorphic rock,
What are the primary sources of h...,
What is the equation linking pres...
17  cards
Lecture Twenty - Second review lecture
What are the layers of the earth ...,
What is the depth of the crust,
What evidence is there for plate ...
23  cards
Lecture Twenty One - Concepts of time and the age of the Earth
What relative geological time sca...,
Explain radioactive decay,
What is a radioactive half life
7  cards
Lecture Twenty Two - Fossils
What is a fossil,
How are fossils made,
Where are fossils found
13  cards
Lecture Twenty Four - Pre-Cambrian Life
Describe the archaean earth,
Describe photosynthesis as life b...,
What evidence is there fore photo...
11  cards
Lecture Twenty Five - Life in the Cambrian
What was significant in the organ...,
Why was there a sudden increase i...,
Why was there an explosion of lif...
5  cards
Lecture Twenty Seven - Cenozoic: The rise of Australia's Unique Fauna
What was the cenozoic cainozoic,
What happened in the eocene 55mya,
What hapened in the miocene early...
9  cards
Lecture Twenty Eight - Geo-hazards and plate tectonics
Define a geohazard,
How has the cost of geohazards ch...,
What happens when a earthquake oc...
6  cards
Lecture Twenty Nine - Earthquakes
What is an earthquake,
What is a fault,
What is the elastic rebound theory
10  cards
Lecture Thirty - Volcanoes
What are the different kinds of r...,
What eight minerals are igneous r...,
Describe komatiite
17  cards
Lecture Thirty One - Landslides, Avalanches and Lahars
Describe the effects of gravity o...,
What is the order of highest to l...,
Describe avalanches
6  cards
Lecture Thirty Two - Asteroids, Meteors and Meteorites
What are asteroids meteors and me...,
Define meteor meteoroid meteorite...,
How many of these bodies are there
10  cards
Lecture Thirty Three - Climate Change (natural processes)
What controls the climate of the ...,
What is in our atmosphere,
What is the origin of the atmosph...
11  cards

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