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Geology & the Geosphere Educational Posters, Charts & Maps
for the science classroom and home schoolers.
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educational posters > science > geology | earth processes < geography < social studies
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Geology (Gk, ge=earth, logos=word, reason), is the scientific study of the solid physical properties, and history of the processes that shape Earth, the only Life bearing planet. Geologist study the lithosphere (crust) with related disciplines of mineralogy, petrology, soil science, oceanography and hydrology, glaciology, and atmospheric studies of meteorology and climatology.
Geologists help locate and manage the Earth's natural resources: fossil fuels (petroleum and coal), metals, gemstones, minerals, and elements.
Geologists establish the age of the Earth at about 4.6 billion years, and determined that the Earth's lithosphere is fragmented into tectonic plates that move.
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Geosphere Poster
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Geosphere - Rock Cycle Poster
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Geosphere: Plate Tectonics Poster
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Volcano Chart
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Earth Processes Poster Series
volcanoes, earthquakes, plate tectonics, faults & folds, erosion & weathering, glaciers, rocks & minerals
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Wild Weather Poster Series
avalanche, blizzard, drought, flood, "hail, sleet & ice", hurricane, thunderstorm and tornado
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Cosmic Catastrophes Chart
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Earthquakes Poster Map
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Earth Science Chart
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Minerals are naturally occurring substances formed through geological processes. A mineral has a characteristic chemical composition, a highly ordered atomic structure and specific physical properties; in comparison a rock is an aggregate of minerals and may not have a specific chemical composition. Minerals range from pure elements and simple salts to very complex compositions of silicates with thousands of known forms. The softest mineral is talc, the hardest mineral is diamond (April Birthstone).
The study of minerals is called mineralogy. Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth.
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Geology Charts, set of 4-
Methods of Identifying Minerals, Lustre Chart for Minerals, Types of Rocks, and the Rock Cycle, plus Fossils and the Geologic Time Scale, and a six page resource guide with reproducible activities.
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Science Education
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Tapestry of Time & Terrain is a US Geological Survey web site featuring a combined geologic map and shaded relief image that reveals the geologic history of North America through the interrelation of rock type, topography and time. Regional surface processes as well as continent-scale tectonic events are exposed in the three dimensions of space and the fourth dimension, geologic time. PDF poster available for free download.
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