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Heath earth science / authors, Nancy E. Spaulding and Samuel N. Namowitz. --
Includes index.
Unit one. Structure of a dynamic earth Chapter 1. Introduction to earth science Chapter 2. Earth's shape, dimensions and internal heat Chapter 3. Atoms to minerals Chapter 4. How to know the minerals Chapter 5. How earth's rock were formed Chapter 6. Resources and our environment Chapter 7. Using maps Unit two. Forces that Attack the Surface Chapter 8. Weathering, soils, and mass movement Chapter 9. Water moving underground Chapter 10. Running water Chapter 11. Glaciers Chapter 12. Effects of wind, waves, and currents Unit three. Forces that raise the surface Chapter 13. Plate tectonics Chapter 14. Volcanism and plate tectonics Chapter 15. Earthquakes and plate tectonics Chapter 16. Mountains and plate tectonics Chapter 17. Properties of ocean water Chapter 18. The ocean floor and its sediments Chapter 19. Ocean currents Chapter 20. Studying the universe Chapter 21. stars and galaxies Chapter 22: The sun and its solar system Chapter 23. The planets and the solar system Chapter 24. Earth's moon Chapter 25. Earth's motion Chapter 26. Weather and the atmosphere Chapter 27. Evaporation, condensation and precipitation Chapter 28. Atmospheric pressure and winds Chapter 29. Air masses and fronts Chapter 30. Storms and weather forecasts Chapter 31. Climate and climate change Unit seven. Earth's history Chapter 32. The rock record Chapter 33. Precambrian through Paleozoic Chapter 34. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras
ISBN 0395931983
Earth sciences -- Study and teaching
550
Heath earth science / authors, Nancy E. Spaulding and Samuel N. Namowitz. --
Includes index.
Unit one. Structure of a dynamic earth Chapter 1. Introduction to earth science Chapter 2. Earth's shape, dimensions and internal heat Chapter 3. Atoms to minerals Chapter 4. How to know the minerals Chapter 5. How earth's rock were formed Chapter 6. Resources and our environment Chapter 7. Using maps Unit two. Forces that Attack the Surface Chapter 8. Weathering, soils, and mass movement Chapter 9. Water moving underground Chapter 10. Running water Chapter 11. Glaciers Chapter 12. Effects of wind, waves, and currents Unit three. Forces that raise the surface Chapter 13. Plate tectonics Chapter 14. Volcanism and plate tectonics Chapter 15. Earthquakes and plate tectonics Chapter 16. Mountains and plate tectonics Chapter 17. Properties of ocean water Chapter 18. The ocean floor and its sediments Chapter 19. Ocean currents Chapter 20. Studying the universe Chapter 21. stars and galaxies Chapter 22: The sun and its solar system Chapter 23. The planets and the solar system Chapter 24. Earth's moon Chapter 25. Earth's motion Chapter 26. Weather and the atmosphere Chapter 27. Evaporation, condensation and precipitation Chapter 28. Atmospheric pressure and winds Chapter 29. Air masses and fronts Chapter 30. Storms and weather forecasts Chapter 31. Climate and climate change Unit seven. Earth's history Chapter 32. The rock record Chapter 33. Precambrian through Paleozoic Chapter 34. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras
ISBN 0395931983
Earth sciences -- Study and teaching
550