Historical Geology Chapter Vocabulary
Chapter 1-The Dynamic and Evolving Earth
based upon Historical Geology-by Wicander and Monroe
 

theory
hypothesis
scientific method

Big Bang (13.8 billion years ago)

Forces:
gravity
electromagnetic
strong nuclear force
weak nuclear force

meteorites: iron-nickel, stoney

terrestrial (rocky) planets:  Mercury, Venus, Earth (Moon), Mars
Jovian (gas giant) planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
accretion
solar nebular theory
formation date:  4.6 billion years ago

Earth
originally uniform composition
gravitational magmatic segregation
core density 10-13
mantle density  3.3-5.7
crust density  2.7

theory of organic evolution
Charles Darwin (1859): On the origin of species
fossils
geologic time
Uniformitarianism