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 * 1) Geology as a profession is only about how old: Just over 200 years ago.
 * 2) Who is considered the Father of Modern Geology: Hutton.
 * 3) According to early interpretation of the Bible, the Earth is how old: 6,000 years old Oct. 24 Afternoon.
 * 4) What feature studied in "geologic time" indicated to Hutton that the Earth had to be more than 6000 years old: Rocks in Scotland the rocks were rigth angle.
 * 5) The Earth was formed by Meteors collisions with the proto-Earth.
 * 6) Lord Kelvin's age of the Earth was based upon the of a molten crust: Cooling.
 * 7) In 1911 used radioactivity to estimate an accurate age of the Earth to be how old: Aurthor Homes.
 * 8) Radioactive uranium decays to Lead.
 * 9) The accepted age of the Earth is 4.5 Billion years.
 * 10) The Barberton Hills of South Africa have that show the planet had oceans by 3.5 billion years (b.y.) ago: Pillow lava.
 * 11) Many Geologist now believe that much of the Earth's water came from Asteroids Rather then out of gassing volcanic activity.
 * 12) By 4.0 b.y. ago 90 % of the Earth was covered with water.
 * 13) The early atmosphere around 4.0 b.y. was ~200 degrees F mainly due to Carbon Dioxide.
 * 14) The nucleus of the continents appears around 3.4 b.y. and are composed of Granite.
 * 15) Superheated water mixing with basalt can form Granite.
 * 16) The shallow coastal waters of the new continents 3.5 B.Y. ago hosted Earth's first life; the Stromatolites.
 * 17) The new life strips what out of the atmosphere and adds what to it?: Oxygen.
 * 18) Seas change from to due to the oxidation of iron in the water: Green to Blue.
 * 19) The world's supply of iron ore is mined from rocks called the Banded Iron Formation.
 * 20) By 1.5 B.Y. the continents cover 25 % of the Earth's surface and are moving about in a theory we call Plate Techtonics today.
 * 21) The meteorologist in 1912 proposed continental drift based upon what evidence: Vhener looks at the shap of the continents.
 * 22) Oceanic floor is continuously being Recycled.
 * 23) The island of Iceland is situated on the. Mid Atlantic Bridge
 * 24) The fissure canyons of Iceland are opening at a rate of inch/year: 1 inch.
 * 25) Plate motion can be traced back to 1 billion years. when Canada and the U.S form the core of the super continent called Rodinia.
 * 26) The Earth became a when the super continent blocked the redistribution of heat by ocean currents:
 * 27) Life at the time was brought to near: Ice Planet
 * 28) Rodinia was split by volcanic activity and the Earth's atmosphere was briefly warmed by
 * 29) Sea water was rich in Oxygen.
 * 30) The Bitgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies is a treasure trove of Period fossils. cambrian
 * 31) Fossils at the beginning of the Paleozoic show the adaptation of these features not seen in earlier fossils: Teeth, Shells, Eyes, Skeletons.
 * 32) The accumulation of oxygen in the atmosphere allowed the formation of the Ozone Layer which became a shield for what radiation?: Ultraviolet.
 * 33) The first life to move ashore some 300-400 million (m.y.) ago were plants
 * 34) The Carboniferous, part of which is the Pennsylvanian, was a time of widespread that accumulated later to be transformed to Swamps. plant matter tranplanted into coal
 * 35) 240 m.y ago the continents were re-assembled into a second super continent called: pangea
 * 36) The high levels of oxygen and CO2 lead to the rise of the dinosaur in the Mesozoic.
 * 37) Dinosaur means: Terrible Lizard.
 * 38) 180 m.y ago was split apart by an upsurge in volcanism the put large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere causing to the climate: Make more rain forest.
 * 39) The diamonds of Kimberly occur in what kind of features: in a volcano and looked like ice cream cones
 * 40) The end of the Mesozoic, 65 m.y. ago saw an extinction rate of 75% and is believed to be due to a meteor on the north end of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
 * 41) The tombstone meteorite contains the rare element: Iridium
 * 42) At the same time great outpourings of lava in were adding dust and gasses to the atmosphere: India
 * 43) The demise of the dinosaurs led to the expansion of the as the new dominant life form: mammals
 * 44) The Alps represent the collision of Africa and Europe.
 * 45) The top of the Matterhorn has rocks from: Africa
 * 46) All mountains owe their origin to: Plate tec tonics.
 * 47) The height of mountains is a determined by what two major processes: up lift and erosion
 * 48) The uplift of the Plateau by the American plate over riding the Colorado plate has caused the Colorado River to cut the Grand Canyon.
 * 49) About 2 m.y. ago the Isthmus of Panama was formed disrupting ocean currents and bringing on the Ice Age.
 * 50) Land Bridge closed the isthmus.
 * 51) Glaciers move like slow moving: Rivers
 * 52) What major American city was once covered by a massive glacier: New York City
 * 53) Deposits from glaciers created Long Island and Cape Cod.
 * 54) The basins of the Great Lakes were carved by the glaciers.
 * 55) The retreat of icecaps and glaciers most recently occurred how many years ago:10,000
 * 56) Do geologists think there will be another advance of the icecaps and glaciers: Yes
 * 57) The Great Plate Tectonic "machine" will someday STOP.

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The Matterhorn was one of the last of the main Alpine mountains to be ascended. On July 14, 1865, in what is considered the last ascent of the golden age of alpinism the party Edward Whymper, Charles Hudson, Lord Francis Douglas, Douglas Robert Hadow, Michel Croz and Peter Taugwalders (father and son) were the first to make it on top of the Matterhorn but on the decent down the mountain They all fell to there deaths.=====

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Whymper before the first accent, he made many attempts up the matterhorn and in 1836 he asked carrel to go up once more via the Italian ridge. But there trip was not to good they got stock half way up by a bad storm and they had to go back down. After they came back Whymper climbed other mountains before he tryed the Matterhorn wich lead him to join Italian Alpine Club was founded and its leader, Felice Giordano.=====

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On the first ascent They left on July 13. "Climbing the mountain was like climbing a mega staircase", Says Whymper. At 1:40 pm they made it to the top of the Matterhorn. After they went going down the mountain they fell off a face of a rock. Weeks later they were found died. On Aug. 20, 1992 Italian alpinist Hans Kammerlander and swiss alpine guide Diego Wellig climbed the Matterhorn four times in 23 hours and 26 minutes.=====