GEOL 109 | The Earth and Life Through Time

Student-Curated Geology Video Collection

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Feedback loops: How nature gets its rhythms – Anje-Margriet Neutel

1. Summary Feedback loop is compared to a band playing together, each instrument contributing to the feed back of the music.  Feed back is output of matter and energy being fed back int...

Have you ever wondered what causes a new species to form?

Summary This video explains two of the main types of speciation. It provides examples of certain isolations or barriers that make way for a new type of species to form. It e...

What is the Evidence for Evolution?

1. Summary: he video discusses the fact that whales at one point in time were able to walk on land and thus, evolution has bred out whales having legs to better adapt to their environme...

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...

The journey of human evolution.

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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...

Why Earthquakes Are So Hard To Predict

Summary: An overview on why earthquakes are so hard to predict. We need to understand the steps that lead up to earthquakes, so we can precisely predict when an earthquake m...

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...

How Many Mass Extinctions Have Happened on Earth?

Summary: In this video, Life Noggin, gives a brief explanation on the five mass extinctions that have happened on earth thus far. These five mass extinctions have occurred because of na...

What is Speciation?

Summary: The video Speciation defines and describes what a species is, what speciation means and the different types of speciation and what causes them. The two types are allop...

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