| Course Description : | This Course provides a base of general earth science knowledge,
which would help the student, better understand the natural world
of which we are an inseparable part. This course includes four
major units as follows: Earth materials: Earth and the universe;
Minerals; Rocks (Igneous, Sedimentary, and metamorphic);
Processes that shape the earth surface: Weathering and Soils; Mass
wasting; Surface and ground water; Volcanic Activity; Wind and
Deserts; The Evolving Earth: Rock Deformation; Earthquakes;
Plate Tectonics; Geologic Time scale; Fluid spheres: Oceans;
Atmosphere.
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