Earth Science

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Earth Science by Mind Map: Earth Science

1. Earth in Space

1.1. Big Bang Theory

1.2. Stars and Planets

1.2.1. Stars

1.2.2. Planets

2. Volcanoes and Other Mountains

2.1. Magma

2.1.1. Basaltic

2.1.2. Rhyolitic

2.1.3. Andesitic

2.1.4. Products of Volcanic Eruption

2.1.4.1. Tephra

2.1.4.2. Volcanic gases

2.1.4.3. Pyroclastic flow

2.1.4.4. Lahars

2.2. Types of Volcanoes

2.2.1. Shield volcanoes

2.2.2. Stratovolcanoes

2.2.3. Cinder cone volcanoes

3. Rocks and Minerals

3.1. Types of rocks

3.1.1. Sedimentary

3.1.2. Metamorphic

3.1.3. Igneous

4. Plate Tectonics

4.1. Continental Drift

4.1.1. Matching features

4.1.2. Paleoclimates

4.2. Types of Plate Boundaries

4.2.1. Divergent

4.2.2. Transform

4.2.3. Convergent

5. Geologic Time

5.1. Relative Time

5.1.1. Superstition

5.1.2. Cross-cutting

5.1.3. Inclusion

5.2. Numerical Time

5.2.1. Radioactive decay

5.2.2. Rates of Change

5.2.2.1. Uniformatism

5.2.2.2. Catastrophism

6. Weathering and Soils

6.1. Physical Weathering

6.1.1. Unloading

6.1.2. Wedging

6.2. Chemical Weathering

6.2.1. Dissolution

6.2.2. Hydrolysis

6.2.3. Oxidation

6.3. Biological Weathering

6.3.1. Macroscopic

6.3.2. Microscopic