Chapter 1
Earth As A System
1.1 |
A New View of Earth |
Section Review |
p.7 |
1.2 |
The Earth System's Four Spheres |
Section Review |
p.12 |
1.3 |
Cycles of Earth |
Section Review |
p.18 |
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Chapter Review |
p.22 |
Chapter 2
The Nature Of Science
2.1 |
The Scientist's Mind |
Section Review |
p.28 |
2.2 |
Secientific Methods of Inquiry |
Section Review |
p.33 |
2.3 |
Scientists' Tools |
Section Review |
p.37 |
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Chapter Review |
p.40 |
Chapter 3
Models Of Earth
3.1 |
Modeling the Planet |
Section Review |
p.47 |
3.2 |
Mapmaking and Technology |
Section Review |
p.51 |
3.3 |
Topographic Maps |
Section Review |
p.57 |
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Chapter Review |
p.60 |
Chapter 4
Earth's Structure And Motion
4.1 |
Earth's Formation |
Section Review |
p.74 |
4.2 |
Earth's Rotation |
Section Review |
p.78 |
4.3 |
Earth's Revolution |
Section Review |
p.83 |
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Chapter Review |
p.86 |
Chapter 5
Atoms To Minerals
5.1 |
Matter and Atoms |
Section Review |
p.95 |
5.2 |
Composition and Structure of Minerals |
Section Review |
p.102 |
5.3 |
Identifying Minerals |
Section Review |
p.107 |
5.4 |
Mineral Groups |
Section Review |
p.111 |
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Chapter Review |
p.114 |
6.1 |
How Rocks Form |
Section Review |
p.120 |
6.2 |
Igneous Rocks |
Section Review |
p.126 |
6.3 |
Sedimentary Rocks |
Section Review |
p.131 |
6.4 |
Metamorphic Rocks |
Section Review |
p.137 |
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Chapter Review |
p.140 |
Chapter 7
Resources And The Enviornment
7.1 |
Mineral Resources |
Section Review |
p.147 |
7.2 |
Energy Resources |
Section Review |
p.153 |
7.3 |
Enviornmental Issues |
Section Review |
p.159 |
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Chapter Review |
p.162 |
Chapter 8
Plate Tectonics
8.1 |
What is Plate Tectonics? |
Section Review |
p.175 |
8.2 |
Types of Plate Boundaries |
Section Review |
p.179 |
8.3 |
Causes of Plate Movement |
Section Review |
p.181 |
8.4 |
Plate Movements and Continental Growth |
Section Review |
p.187 |
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Chapter Review |
p.190 |
9.1 |
How and Where Volcanoes Form |
Section Review |
p.198 |
9.2 |
Magma and Erupted Materials |
Section Review |
p.201 |
9.3 |
Volcanic Landforms |
Section Review |
p.204 |
9.4 |
Extraterrestrial Vulcanism |
Section Review |
p.207 |
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Chapter Review |
p.210 |
10.1 |
How and Where Earthquakes Occur |
Section Review |
p.216 |
10.2 |
Locating and Measuring Earthquakes |
Section Review |
p.221 |
10.3 |
Earthquakes Hazards |
Section Review |
p.226 |
10.4 |
Studying Earth's Interior |
Section Review |
p.229 |
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Chapter Review |
p.232 |
Chapter 11
Mountain Building
11.1 |
Where Mountains Form |
Section Review |
p.237 |
11.2 |
How Mountains Form |
Section Review |
p.241 |
11.3 |
Types of Mountains |
Section Review |
p.245 |
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Chapter Review |
p.248 |
Chapter 12
Weathering, Soil, And Erosion
12.1 |
Weathering |
Section Review |
p.263 |
12.2 |
Soil |
Section Review |
p.266 |
12.3 |
Mass Movements and Erosion |
Section Review |
p.270 |
12.4 |
Soil as a Resource |
Section Review |
p.273 |
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Chapter Review |
p.276 |
13.1 |
Streams and Rivers |
Section Review |
p.282 |
13.2 |
Stream Erosion and Deposition |
Section Review |
p.286 |
13.3 |
River Valleys |
Section Review |
p.289 |
13.4 |
Floodplains and Floods |
Section Review |
p.292 |
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Chapter Review |
p.296 |
14.1 |
Water in the ground |
Section Review |
p.305 |
14.2 |
Conserving Groundwater |
Section Review |
p.307 |
14.3 |
Groundwater and Geology |
Section Review |
p.311 |
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Chapter Review |
p.314 |
15.1 |
What is a Glacier |
Section Review |
p.320 |
15.2 |
Glacial Movement and Erosion |
Section Review |
p.325 |
15.3 |
Glacial Deposits |
Section Review |
p.328 |
15.4 |
Ice Ages |
Section Review |
p.333 |
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Chapter Review |
p.336 |
Chapter 16
Wind, Waves, And Currents
16.1 |
Wind as an Agent of Change |
Section Review |
p.343 |
16.2 |
Waves in the Sea |
Section Review |
p.347 |
16.3 |
Shoreline Features |
Section Review |
p.353 |
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Chapter Review |
p.356 |
17.1 |
The Atmosphere in Balance |
Section Review |
p.368 |
17.2 |
Heat and the Atmosphere |
Section Review |
p.373 |
17.3 |
Local Temperature Variations |
Section Review |
p.377 |
17.4 |
Human Impact on the Atmosphere |
Section Review |
p.382 |
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Chapter Review |
p.386 |
Chapter 18
Water In The Atmsphere
18.1 |
Humidity and Condensation |
Section Review |
p.395 |
18.2 |
Clouds |
Section Review |
p.401 |
18.3 |
Precipitation |
Section Review |
p.406 |
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Chapter Review |
p.410 |
Chapter 19
The Atmsphere In Motion
19.1 |
Air Preassure and Wind |
Section Review |
p.418 |
19.2 |
Factors Affecting Wind |
Section Review |
p.421 |
19.3 |
Global Wind Patterns |
Section Review |
p.425 |
19.4 |
Contiental and Local Womds |
Section Review |
p.429 |
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Chapter Review |
p.432 |
20.1 |
Air Masses and Weather |
Section Review |
p.438 |
20.2 |
Fronts and Lows |
Section Review |
p.444 |
20.3 |
Thunderstorms and Tornadoes |
Section Review |
p.449 |
20.4 |
Hurricanes and Winter Storms |
Section Review |
p.453 |
20.5 |
Forcasting Weather |
Section Review |
p.459 |
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Chapter Review |
p.462 |
Chapter 21
Climate And Climate Change
21.1 |
What is Climate? |
Section Review |
p.467 |
21.2 |
Climate Zones |
Section Review |
p.473 |
21.3 |
Climate Change |
Section Review |
p.477 |
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Chapter Review |
p.480 |
Chapter 22
The Water Planet
22.1 |
Oceanogrophy |
Section Review |
p.491 |
22.2 |
Properties of Water |
Section Review |
p.494 |
22.3 |
Properties of OCean Water |
Section Review |
p.498 |
22.4 |
Ocean Life |
Section Review |
p.502 |
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Chapter Review |
p.506 |
Chapter 23
The Ocean Floor
23.1 |
Studying the Ocean Floor |
Section Review |
p.513 |
23.2 |
The Continential Margin |
Section Review |
p.516 |
23.3 |
The Ocean Basin |
Section Review |
p.521 |
23.4 |
Ocean Floor Sediments |
Section Review |
p.525 |
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Chapter Review |
p.528 |
Chapter 24
The Moving Ocean
24.1 |
Surface Currents |
Section Review |
p.535 |
24.2 |
Currents Under the Surface |
Section Review |
p.539 |
24.3 |
Tides |
Section Review |
p.543 |
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Chapter Review |
p.546 |
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Chapter Review |
p.547 |
25.1 |
Origin and Properties of the Moon |
Section Review |
p.560 |
25.2 |
The Moon's Motions |
Section Review |
p.565 |
Chapter 26
The Sun And The Solar System
26.1 |
The Sun's Size, Heat, and Structure |
Section Review |
p.576 |
26.2 |
Observing the Solar System: A History |
Section Review |
p.580 |
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Chapter Review |
p.584 |
Chapter 27
The Planets And The Solar System
27.1 |
The Inner Planets |
Section Review |
p.592 |
27.2 |
The Outer Planets |
Section Review |
p.598 |
27.3 |
Planetary Satellites |
Section Review |
p.601 |
27.4 |
Solar-System Debris |
Section Review |
p.605 |
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Chapter Review |
p.608 |
Chapter 28
Stars And Galaxies
28.1 |
A CLoser Look at Light |
Section Review |
p.616 |
28.2 |
Stars and Their Characteristics |
Section Review |
p.624 |
28.3 |
Life Cycles of Stars |
Section Review |
p.630 |
28.4 |
Galaxies and the Universe |
Section Review |
p.635 |
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Chapter Review |
p.638 |
Chapter 29
Studying The Past
29.1 |
Fossils |
Section Review |
p.649 |
29.2 |
Relative Time |
Section Review |
p.654 |
29.3 |
Absolute Time |
Section Review |
p.659 |
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Chapter Review |
p.662 |
Chapter 30
Views Of Earth's Past
30.1 |
The Geological Time Scale |
Section Review |
p.671 |
30.2 |
The Precambrian Era |
Section Review |
p.677 |
30.3 |
The Mesozoic |
Section Review |
p.680 |
30.4 |
Earth's Recent History |
Section Review |
p.685 |
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Chapter Review |
p.688 |
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