GEOL 109 | The Earth and Life Through Time

Student-Curated Geology Video Collection

11 Items From Category "Geological-time"

The Other Explosion You Should Know About

Summary Let’s take a deep-sea dive and look at the early life forms that existed in the great phenomenon known as the “Avalon Explosion”. These early life forms can be described as mult...

How To Date A Planet

Summary The Earth is old and it's hard to tell exactly how old the Earth really is because rocks are constantly renewing themselves. When rocks are melted, the heat destroys the evidenc...

The Most Useful Fossils in the World

Summary Conodont fossils are defined as a minute toothlike fossil composed of the mineral apatite (calcium phosphate) and are one of the most abundant fossils found on earth. Their orig...

How Long Will Human Impacts Last?

1. Summary Human impacts also known as the anthropogenic impacts have become so pervasive, profound, and permanent thus exceedingly endangering the planet. This video shows an overview ...

What the Earth Went Through Before Humans Appeared

1. Summary This video explains a multitude of topics ranging from how the Earth was formed, early life on Earth, the first Ice Age and when life really began. It starts off from the beg...

Why Do Rivers Have Deltas?

This video focuses on how deltas are created. It discusses how coastlines bend in either an inward or outward direction where rivers meet the ocean. As well, it discusses what the role of the i...

Why is All Sand the Same?

1. When most people think of the beach, they think of themselves sun-tanning on the warm sand or building sand castles with their children. The video explains what sand is made of and why it ap...

6 Supercontinents

Summary This video explains the order and formation of all the supercontinents. It illustrates how plate tectonics work and how they come into play w...

What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared?

Video Resources Form kls603 A. Video Information Video title: What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared? Video made by: TED-Ed (Dan Kwartler) B. Reso...

When Will the Next Mass Extinction Occur?

Summary The video “When will the next mass extinction occur?” is a short informative film about Earth’s history of major mass extinctions that occurred since the beginning of time. It p...

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