What is geology
What does the ology of geology mean?
The study of
What tool is used to provide a precise location and time?
GPS
What is geochemistry?
The study of the chemistry of Earth by studying the atoms and molecules.
What is a hand pick?
a hammer used to break apart rocks or pry loose rock away from each other.
What does geo of geology mean?
Earth
GPR is used to study underground. Explain how it works.
A computer sends a signal below ground, and once those waves hit an object, the radiowaves are sent back to the computer and it makes an image of the object.
What is structural geology?
The study of the internal structure and arrangement of rocks and how they make mountains and valleys.
What is a crack hammer?
a small sledgehammer with two blunt ends to break apart large rocks.
What are the 2 categories of geology?
Physical and Historical
What is the difference between static objects and dynamic processes?
static objects stay the same and dynamic processes study the objects that change over time.
What is resource geology?
The search for energy resources such a gas, oil, and coal that humans need for living.
True or false. Geologists use a compass as a hand tool
True
What does interpretation mean?
to find out what the data means. To draw conclusions, make theories, make laws and principles.
Siesmometer
What is Environmental geology?
The study of environmental changes caused by human activities.
What are the three types of maps geologists use?
City maps, topographic maps, climate maps
What is presupposition?
to make an assumption about how something works based on past experiences or beliefs.
What tool makes a core sample and how does it do so?
A core drill makes it and drills 100s to 1000s of feet underground to make a cylinder rock to be studied.
What is deformation?
The change in shape and size of rocks due to bending, twisting, or fracturing.
A map used to show the high and low points of an area using contour lines.