GLY 1150 Chapter 3 - Intro to Geology Earth Science questions and answers

GLY 1150 Chapter 3 - Intro to
Geology/Earth Science
questions and answers
Earth Science was formerly called... - answer Geology


What do geologists do? - answer - Identify landforms
- What they're made of (mineral composition)
- How they got there
- How it can kill you <3
- How people can exploit it


What does earth science study, aside from geology? - answer - The
ocean
- The atmosphere
- How they're connected to rocks
- How they can kill us <3
- How we can exploit it
- Some aspects of living things (moss, lichen, etc..)


Earth science is the study of the.... - answer ...WHOLE WORLD!
Including:
- Its innards (rocks)
- The ocean
- The atmosphere
- Also contains a whole lot of interdisciplinary sciences and fields

, Why should we learn about earth science? - answer - We live here
<3
- Resource exploitation
- Environmental remediation
- Mitigate climate change
- Hazard assessment & mitigation


Give some examples of resource exploitation... - answer - Oil and
petroleum
- Natural energy resources
- Mining
- Jewelry


Give an example of environment remediation... - answer Cleaning up
after mining


Define climate change - answer - Cleaning up after humanity
- For example, Olivine reacts with the CO2 at the surface of the
Earth


Name some geologic hazards - answer - Volcanoes
- Falling rocks
- Landslides
- And probably countless others, if we're honest


Name some examples of geology at different scales, from largest to
smallest. - answer - Landscape (mountains)
- Outcrop (big rocks)
- Hand specimen (small rocks)
- Thin section (microscopic view)