This note explains the following topics: Formation of the Element,
Formation of the Solar System and the Chemistry of the Earth, Earth Material,
Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes, Sedimentary Rocks, Fossil Fuel Resources, and
Climate, The Restless Earth, Rock Deformation, Earthquakes and Seismology, The
Earth's Interior, Plate Tectonics, Surface Processes, Groundwater, Stream
Processes and Shore Processes.
This PDF
that covers the following topics related to Earth Science : Introduction,
Formation of the solar system, The Earth system, Minerals: rock’s elementary
building block, Introduction to rocks, Igneous rocks, Sedimentary rocks,
Metamorphic rocks, The age of rocks, Continents: structure and history, Origin
and evolution of life.
A great
variety of processes affect the surface of the Earth. Topics to be covered are
production and movement of surficial materials, soils and soil erosion,
precipitation, streams and lakes, groundwater flow, glaciers and their deposits.