Core Geology
- Title ID 15-CG
- Science, Core Science, Earth Science, Geology, Physical Science
- 1 Program
- 6 Supplemental Files
- 10th Grade through Post Secondary
- Published by Ambrose Video Publishing Inc./Centre Communications
Included Programs
Core GeologyRunning time is 33 minutes
Geology is the study of rocks.
Chapter List
- 1669 - The Geological Laws
- The Laws of Geology include the law of super imposition, the principal of original horizonality, and the principle of discontinuity.
- 1812 - Properties of Minerals
- Minerals and crystals can be characterized by Frederick Mohs and the Mohs' Hardness Scale, which gives values to silicates, carbonates, Sulfates, Oxides and Sulfides.
- 1830 - Geology Occurs by Natural Processes
- Charles Lyell and his Principles of Geology and, James Hall and his study of crystals led to the theory of uniformitarianism.
- 1833 - The Three Types of Rocks - Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic
- Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic were discussed by Charles Lyell.
- 1837 - A Past Ice Age is theorized
- Louis Agassiz and his Ice Age ideas led to John Tyndell introducing the concepts of global warming and the greenhouse effect produced by CO2.
- 1907 - Radioactive Decay is Used to Date the Earth
- Using a Geiger counter, Bertrand Boltwood used radioactivity and radioactive decay with their properties of half-lives, including the half life of Carbon 14 to date rocks.
- 1912 - Alfred Wegener Proposes Continental Drift Theory
- Alfred Wegener and his Continental Drift Theory and plate tectonics explained, earthquakes, volcanoes and mountain building
- 1972 - Ancient Life and the Fossil Record
- Using the fossil record and fossils, Darwin developed his theory of evolution of a single common ancestor, which became part of paleontology and was further developed by George Cuvier, Stephen Jay Gould, and Niles Eldredge.
Supplemental Files
- Blackline Master Quiz
- Gelogic Time Scale
- MARC Records for CG
- MARC records for the series Core Geology
- Teacher Guide
- Timeline
- Transcription for Core Geology
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