HOMEWORK QUESTION ON GEOLOGIC TIME

1.WHO WAS JAMES USSER, AND WHAT DID HE THINK ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE EARTH?

2. WHO WAS GEORGE BUFFON, AND WHAT DID HE THINK ABOUT THE AGE OF THE EARTH?  HOW DID HE DO THE CALCULATION?

3. HOW DID OTHER GEOLOGISTS THINK ABOUT THE EARTH’S AGE, AND HOW DID THEY TRY TO CALCULATE IT?

4.WHO WAS JOHN JOLY, AND WHAT DID HE THINK ABOUT THE AGE OF THE EARTH? HOW DID HE TRY TO CALCULATE IT?

5. WHO WAS NICHOLAS STENO?

6.YOU REALLY HAVE TO KNOW ALL THE GEOLOGIC PRINCIPLES!

7.WHAT IS CATASTROPHISM, WHO WAS ITS FATHER?

8. UNIFORMITARIANISM; WHAT IS IT?

9. COMPARISON OF GEOLOGIC TIME TO A CALENDAR YEAR.?

10. WHAT IS GEOCHRONOLOGY

11. TIME SCALES

12. EXPLAIN EVERYTHING ABOUT  RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES TO YOUR FRIEND, MATE, OR WHOEVER IS THERE. IF SHE/HE WANTS TO RUN AWAY, START TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT DECAYS SUCH AS ALPHA, BETA, AND GAMMA.. I HOPE YOUR PARTNER AT THIS POINT DECIDES TO STAY WITH YOU AND TAKE GEOLOGY NEXT SEMESTER.

13.KNOW WHAT IS HALF LIFE, AND SOME RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE’S HALF-LIFE.

14. BE ABLE TO DRAW THE DIAGRAM ON HALF LIFE/AMOUNT OF UNDECAYED ISOTOPES!!!!!

15. WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM, WITH THIS AGE CALCULATION

16. WHAT AGE RANGE C14 COULD BE USED?

17. WHAT IS FISSION-TRACK DATING?