Holocene Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

- summaries of 19 readings - Extra notes - Useful links and videos - Test feedback - suggested outlines for the 2 essays as well as tips INCLUDES: - The Province of Jurisprudence Determined by Austin -The Concept of Law by Hart -Authority Law and Morality by Raz -Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals by Hart -The Morality of Law by Fuller - Law as a Branch of Morality: The Unity of Practice and Principle by TRS Allan - The Rule of Good Law by Foran - Thinking Like a...

WGU D199 Exam Questions and Correct Answers in the last 10,000 years: - Answer-humans began modifying the land surface for growing food with advent of agricultural revolution the agricultural revolution roughly - Answer-coincides with a warm interglacial period that began about 11,700 years ago which is called the HOLOCENE era (warm stable climate) the last 270 years of the holocene ushered into the - Answer-INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION when climate pollution began to increase dramatically th...

Definition of Life - Answer-HOMEOSTASIS (maintaining a stable environment within a cell) Metabolism - Answer-Making and spending energy to do everything else (to maintain homeostasis) What is Science? - Answer-An approach to find an answer to a question Scientific Questions Must Be... - Answer-material, falsifiable Approach to collect data - Answer-measurable, observable, repeatable Answer/Conclusion (strength) - Answer-restrained to strength of Experimental Design Hypothesis - Answer-IF (...

in the last 10,000 years: - humans began modifying the land surface for growing food with advent of agricultural revolution the agricultural revolution roughly - coincides with a warm interglacial period that began about 11,700 years ago which is called the HOLOCENE era (warm stable climate) the last 270 years of the holocene ushered into the - INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION when climate pollution began to increase dramatically

in the last 10,000 years: - ️️humans began modifying the land surface for growing food with advent of agricultural revolution the agricultural revolution roughly - ️️coincides with a warm interglacial period that began about 11,700 years ago which is called the HOLOCENE era (warm stable climate) the last 270 years of the holocene ushered into the - ️️INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION when climate pollution began to increase dramatically the industrial revolution was powered by - ️️f...

D199 WGU Exam Questions & Aswers(gradedin the last 10,000 years: -ANSWER humans began modifying the land surface for growing food with advent of agricultural revolution the agricultural revolution roughly -ANSWER coincides with a warm interglacial period that began about 11,700 years ago which is called the HOLOCENE era (warm stable climate) the last 270 years of the holocene ushered into the -ANSWER INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION when climate pollution began to increase dramatically the industr...

GARP SCR - Chapter 1 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectGARP SCR - Chapter 1 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectGARP SCR - Chapter 1 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectGARP SCR - Chapter 1 Questions and Answers 100% Correct Sea level rise causes - ANSWER-thermal expansion, melting of land ice Ways to measure climate change - ANSWER-Tree rings, Corals, speleothems, ice cores, ocean sediment cores Ice ages - ANSWER-Cycle through periods of 100,000 years. Last ice age reached its coldest point ...

GARP Sustainability and Climate Risk Exam weather exact state of the atmosphere at a particular location and time climate long-term patterns or trends of meteorological conditions (usually periods >30 years) climate change change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over periods of decades aka global warming for how many years do we have observational history of temperature change? 150 years how much has the earth warmed since 1860, according to sate...

Earth ageAbout 4.6 billion years Universe10 billion years PrecambrianFirst major era of geological time, extending from the origins of earth to about 600 m.y.a PaleozoicThe appearance of the first vertebrate species: fish and amphibians Mesozoic eraAround 245 mya. The age of dinosaurs CenozoicPeriod of extinction, our current era. Divided into 7 epochs: Epochs (discussed on page 4)There are 7 epochs: Holocene, pleistocene, pliocene, miocene, oligocene, eocene, and paleocene (in order f...

According to the geologic time scale the Phanerozoic eon began? - ANS - 540 million years ago The supercontinent whose break up approx 210 mil years ago initiated the formation of the present day Atlantic Ocean is known as? - ANS - Pangaea The lightest weight hydrocarbon molecule found in the paraffin series is? - ANS - methane Currently living in what Epoch? - ANS - Holocene Protons carry what type of charge? - ANS - positive One important distinguishing characteristic of the paraffin ser...