Overview

There is an ever growing awareness that understanding our Earth and its environments holds the key to sustaining life, as we know it, on planet Earth. Our environment consists of a complex web of interacting cycles, processes, and systems. This topic discusses these by way of introduction to the Earth … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to:

  • Provide an overview of the processes which lead to the formation of the planet Earth and its evolution throughout time
  • Describe our planetary environment and the governing cycles and processes which control its behaviour
  • Describe the processes and phenomena which directly affect the nature and behaviour of the "solid" Earth, namely, rock and mineral formation, plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes
  • Describe the natural hydrologic processes which control the occurrence, movement and distribution of water on the Earth in both groundwater and surface water environments
  • Provide students with an appreciation of the critical role water plays in shaping the land surface through discussions on river flows, floods and other natural disasters, and its critical role in present day environmental pollution and management problems

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Assumed knowledge

SACE Stage 2 (Year 12) Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry or equivalent is desirable.