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    Connections to World History Explanation Archaeology Archaeology helps us understand world history by showing us how the ancient groups of people lived before us. They do this by reviewing artifacts left behind by the people of the past. This special branch of study helps us grasp a vast majority of the events that happened before us. Remains left behind are evaluted and preserved to be showcased for future refrences and to give us a look in on who they were. Geography Geography helps us understand

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    history by examining the Earth’s crust in areas. The region of the Earth that is presently known as Canada has the world’s oldest history which makes it unique. Throughout this paper I will discuss how the area known as Canada became what it is. Geology is the study of the Earth’s crust through the crust’s chemical composition and physical properties. The way that geologists are able to figure out the

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    lakes, rivers, lagoon etc. they are then buried with another set of sediment. The constituent water in the initial sediment is then squeezed out by the overlying or burying sediment to form a solid mass, through exerting a compression pressure (The Geology Toolkit Team, 2006). Clay is powdery grained rock occurring naturally. It is formed by the gradual chemical weathering of larger rocks. In this case could be the above-discussed rocks. Figure 1: A cross section profile of A-B showing cuts and fills

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    Bibliography Pratt, Tk. Canadian Concise Dictionary. Vancouver: Gage Educational Publisher, 2002. Kahn, Charles et.al. World History: Societies of the past. Winnipeg: Portage and Main Press, 2005. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. “Geology.” "Society & the Natural Environment." eNotes.com. eNotes.com, Inc. September 30th, 2015. http://www.enotes.com/research-starters/society-natural-environment “Civilization.” Education.nationalgeograpgic.com. National Geographic, Inc. April

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    finds/plans/engineers/researches information about chosen area, tells cost/outcomes/plans of the area. -These are: Geography, Geophysics, Economic Geology, & Math. Extraction- extracts/identifies types of rocks/soils, uncovers origin/deformation and helps to recover the land. -These are: Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology, Structural Geology, Mining Geology, & Mining Engineering. B: Various types of Sciences help in mining of ores & minerals. • Geochemistry- helps to measure and identify properties/types

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    Sarah Hall, 1000680872 September 23, 2014 Lab 1: Don Valley Brickyard Short Pre-Lab Report 1. The geology of Ontario is divided into three layers of rock. The first layer, Precambrian Canadian Shield rocks, is composed of mainly igneous and metamorphic rocks from the Precambrian Eon. This layer is the eldest at approximately 3-0.8x109 years old and is therefore the bottom-most layer (L). Although this layer is largely found in the Canadian Shield region of Ontario, glacial erratics from the

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    believes about the universal flood that was a proof of an existence of God and another group of scientists who rejected theories of Catastrophism. The early geologist, «catastrophists», believed that «catastrophic events in the past determined the geology of the Earth.» In that time because of the lack of evidence catastrophists were not taken seriously enough. An alternative theory was called «uniformitarianism» and a main idea is that the Earth is timeworn. According to the article, there were three

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    Geoscientist Essay

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    research and college teaching positions, a Ph.D. is necessary. A degree in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, engineering, or computer science is accepted if it includes geology coursework, but a degree in geoscience is favored by employers. Geoscience programs include courses in mineralogy, petrology, and structural geology. Employers prefer and seek applicants who have also gained field and laboratory experience (How to Become a Geoscientist section). What is the Salary and

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    fossils. Fossils are the remains of plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and single-celled living things that have been replaced by rock material or impressions of organisms preserved in rock. Overall it incorporates knowledge occasionally from biology, geology, ecology, anthropology, archaeology, and computer science to understand the processes that have led to the origination and extinction of the different types of organisms since life arose. Henceforth, a paleontologist is a scientist who studies the

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    James Hutton Biography

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    During the Scottish Enlightenment, a period of increased intellectual activity in the 18th and early 19th century, individuals tended to explore multiple disciplines of study (Young). One prominent Scottish Enlightenment figure was James Hutton (1726-1797), who worked as a lawyer, geologist, chemist, physician, farmer, and naturalist during his lifetime. Hutton, along with other significant Enlightenment figures, Joseph Black and Adam Smith, founded the Oyster Club. This intellectual club was based

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