Earth and Life
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Earth and Life at FutureLearn Overview
Earth and Life
at FutureLearn
Duration | 3 weeks |
Total fee | ₹900 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Earth and Life at FutureLearn Highlights
Earth and Life
at FutureLearn
- Weekly study 3 hours
Earth and Life at FutureLearn Course details
Earth and Life
at FutureLearn
More about this course
- Explore stages of the Earth's formation and the theories on how life began here
- Then look at the implications of the Late Heavy Bombardment, a hypothesised event in which asteroids collided with early terrestrial planets, including Earth
- Investigate these processes and how they moulded the Earth, giving you a gateway into the way experts read Earth's timeline
Earth and Life at FutureLearn Curriculum
Earth and Life
at FutureLearn
The formation of the Earth
Welcome to the course
From dust to a planet
The Late Heavy Bombardment
The origins of life on the early Earth
Weekly wrap-up
How the Earth works
Welcome to Week 2
What is the Earth made of?
The Earth's movements
The geological record
Weekly wrap-up
The history of life
Welcome to Week 3
The earliest life
Multicellular life
Mass extinctions
Course wrap-up
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