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periods of glaciation |
Geology 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: periods of glaciation |
Elaboration: characteristic erosional and depositional features and landformscauses and frequency |
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First Peoples knowledge of landforms over time |
Geology 12 |
No CCG |
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weathering and erosion processes |
Geology 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: weathering and erosion processes |
Elaboration: modifications of the Earth’s surface and production of characteristic featuresmass movements (slide, soil creep)chemical, physical, and biological weatheringweathering potential of minerals in Bowen’s reaction series (e.g., stability of quartz)erosion by wind, water, gravity, and iceerosion and deposition by rivers |
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geologic maps, cross-sections, and block diagrams |
Geology 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: geologic maps, cross-sections, and block diagrams |
Elaboration: representation of surface and subsurface structures using past or present datageologic mapping symbols (e.g., strike and dip)symbols for different rock types and fossilsage of stratamethods of data collection (e.g., surveying, GIS) |
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faulting and folding |
Geology 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: faulting and folding |
Elaboration: results of specific tectonic environments and forces:faulting (e.g., normal, reverse, thrust, strike-slip)folding (e.g., symmetrical, asymmetrical, plunging folds, domes, basin) |
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internal and external factors that affect the plasticity of rock strata |
Geology 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: internal and external factors |
Elaboration: for example, temperature, pressure, chemical composition |
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First Peoples knowledge of geologic events |
Geology 12 |
No CCG |
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earthquakes and analysis of seismic waves |
Geology 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: earthquakes |
Elaboration: origin (e.g., shallow, medium, deep focus, location of the epicentre)properties (e.g., Richter or Mercalli scale, amount of energy released)potential hazards (e.g., tsunamis, city infrastructures, liquefaction of soils) |
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evidence that supports a layered model of Earth |
Geology 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: evidence |
Elaboration: for example, seismic wave velocities and paths, shadow zones, state of material, density, composition |
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the formation of volcanic and deformational features through plate movement |
Geology 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: volcanic and deformational features |
Elaboration: volcanic features (e.g., contact metamorphism, sills, dykes, volcano types, flow behaviours, extrusive materials, columnar jointing)deformational features (e.g., folds, faults, mountains) |
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reconstruction of Earth’s past through correlation of fossil data and rock strata |
Geology 12 |
No CCG |
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methods for relative and absolute dating of rocks, fossils, and geologic events |
Geology 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: relative and absolute dating |
Elaboration: absolute dating using radioactive isotopesprinciples of relative dating (e.g., superposition, unconformities, cross-cutting, index fossils, law of faunal succession) |
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the local and global fossil record: - evidence of evolution
- methods of fossil formation
- First Peoples perspectives
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Geology 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: fossil record |
Elaboration: for example, Foraminifera, Mollusca, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Arthropoda (trilobites), Coelenterata (corals), Vertebrata, Graptolithina, Conodonta, algae, plants, reptiles |
| Keyword: evidence of evolution |
Elaboration: changes found in the fossil record over time as evidence for natural selection, adaptive radiation, and punctuated equilibrium |
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the geologic time scale and major events in Earth’s history |
Geology 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: major events in Earth’s history |
Elaboration: for example, formation of oldest rocks, earliest recorded life, domination of invertebrates, first land plants, domination of reptiles, appearance of flowering plants, Rocky Mountain orogeny, mass extinctions |
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B.C. resource deposits and others:- origin and formation
- economic, environmental, and First Peoples considerations
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Geology 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: resource deposits |
Elaboration: resources in the local area:hydrothermal and volcanogenic ore depositsplacer and surficial depositsoil, liquid natural gas (LNG), coal, and other fossil fuels |
| Keyword: economic, environmental, and First Peoples considerations |
Elaboration: role of geochemical or geophysical data in locating geological resources factors used to determine economic feasibility of extracting a geologic resource (e.g., price, concentration, accessibility, size, environmental impacts) uses of geologic resources in B.C. current resource conflicts (e.g., pipelines, oil sands, open-pit mines) |
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