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CLEMSON GEOLOGY 1010 EXAM 1- QUESTIONS
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Principles h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -claims h h something h h that h h has h h been
h h proven h h - hhknown h h to h h all h h as h h correct




Scientific h h method h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
observation, h h questions, h h hypothesis, h h collect h h data, h h and h h evaluation



Hypothesis h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -educated h h guess;
h h "if- hhthen" h h statement. h h Needs h h to h h be h h testable; h h be


h h predictive




Theories h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
hypothesis h h but h h now h h has h h a h h lot h h of h h data h h supporting h h it; h h tested h h for h h years



Law h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -essentially h h correct h h (always h h an h h exception)



Geology h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -study h h of h h earth



Catastrophism h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
everything h h was h h caused h h by h h 6 h h catastrophies h h (ex: h h 6th h h was h h Noah's h h flood)



Principle h h of h h uniformitarianism h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
things h h in h h nature h h that h h occur h h again h h and h h again h h ex: h h rain h h washes h h dirt h h in h h to h h stream



Actualism h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
sometimes h h in h h the h h past h h things h h have h h sped h h up/slowed h h down h h + h h uniformitarian;
h h the h h rare h h excepti hhon




Nebula h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -ball h h of h h gas/cloud h h of h h gas

, Nebula h h hypothesis h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
how h h you h h go h h from h h a h h nebula h h to h h a h h solar h h system. h h Gravity, h h solar h h disk h h model,
h h protostar, h h and h h fusio hhn




Solar h h disk h h model h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -enough h h mass h h to h h flatten h h and h h start h h rotating
h h of h h gas




Prostar h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
6 h h billion h h years h h ago/Ga, h h not h h a h h functional h h star, h h temperature h h is h h increasing



Fusion h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
2 h h separate h h atoms h h come h h together, h h temperature h h is h h high, h h elements h h besides
h h hydrogen h h are h h creat hhed, h h surrounding h h disk h h begins h h to h h cool




Planetary h h accretion h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
build h h up h h to h h create h h planets, h h (rock, h h ice, h h gases), h h at h h high h h speeds h h ~ h h 4.5 h h billion
h h years h h ago; h h planeta hhry h h accretion h h still h h happens h h ex: h h meteorites h h hit h h earth




Theia h h impact h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -
earth h h collides h h with h h something h h as h h large h h as h h mars h h called h h theia h h (planet), h h lunar
h h formation, h h molte hhn h h planet, h h then h h density h h stratification




Lunar h h formation h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -fragments h h come h h together h h to h h create h h the
h h moon




Molten h h planet h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -energy h h released h h is h h massive, h h lava/molten



Density h h - h h CORRECT h h ANSWER h h -mass h h packed h h in h h a h h certain h h space/volume