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1: Introduction to Earth Science
Unit 1 Earth Minerals
2: Matter and Minerals
3: Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth
Unit 2 Sculpturing Earth’s Surface
4: Weathering, Soil, and Mass Wasting
5: Running Water and Ground Water
6: Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind
Unit 3 Forces Within
7: Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds
8: Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior
9: Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity
10: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

Unit 4 Deciphering Earth’s History
11: Geologic Time
12: Earth’s Evolution Through Geologic Time
Unit 5 The Global Ocean
13: The Ocean Floor
14: Ocean Water and Ocean Life
15: The Dynamic Ocean
Unit 6 Earth’s Dynamic Atmosphere
16: The Atmosphere: Composition, Structure, and Temperature
17: Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation
18: Air Pressure and Wind
19: Weather Patterns and Severe Storms
20: World Climates and Global Climate Change
Unit 7 Earth’s Place in the Universe
21: Origins of Modern Astronomy
22: Touring Our Solar System
23: Light, Astronomical Observations, and The Sun
24: Beyond Our Solar System:

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      Publisher Pearson Education Limited
      Published 20 January 2015
      ISBN-13 9781292061313
      978-1292061313
      ISBN-10 1292061316
      Also in:
      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Earth sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents

      1: Introduction to Earth Science
      Unit 1 Earth Minerals
      2: Matter and Minerals
      3: Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth
      Unit 2 Sculpturing Earth’s Surface
      4: Weathering, Soil, and Mass Wasting
      5: Running Water and Ground Water
      6: Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind
      Unit 3 Forces Within
      7: Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds
      8: Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior
      9: Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity
      10: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

      Unit 4 Deciphering Earth’s History
      11: Geologic Time
      12: Earth’s Evolution Through Geologic Time
      Unit 5 The Global Ocean
      13: The Ocean Floor
      14: Ocean Water and Ocean Life
      15: The Dynamic Ocean
      Unit 6 Earth’s Dynamic Atmosphere
      16: The Atmosphere: Composition, Structure, and Temperature
      17: Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation
      18: Air Pressure and Wind
      19: Weather Patterns and Severe Storms
      20: World Climates and Global Climate Change
      Unit 7 Earth’s Place in the Universe
      21: Origins of Modern Astronomy
      22: Touring Our Solar System
      23: Light, Astronomical Observations, and The Sun
      24: Beyond Our Solar System:

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