Module 3: Stories of Other Worlds (root):

Earth Science Essentials

Module 3: Stories of Other Worlds

This module examines several planetary-scale processes including climate, landscape formation, volcanism, tectonicsm, and how we can get the age of a planetary surface by counting impact craters.

• How to Build a Landscape
• Rivers and Base Level.
• Badlands and Base Level.
• Glacial, Shoreline, and Karst processes and features.
• Unusual Landscapes.


• The Five Processes that Make a Living Planet
• Impact, Tectonism, Volcanism, Weathering, Differentiation.


• How to Build Climate Zones for a World
• Greenhouse Warming.
• Climate Zones, latitude, mountains, prevailing winds, and oceans.


• Tour of the Planets and Moons
• Review of Planetary Processes.



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10/27/2017--pictures and text copyright Russ Colson