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Heath earth science / authors, Nancy E. Spaulding and Samuel N. Namowitz

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Evanston, Illinois : McDougal Littell, [1999]Description: xx, 692 pages : color illustrations, color mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0395931983
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 550
Contents:
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
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C 540 B983c 2013 Chemistry : matter and change C 540 B983c 2016 Chemistry : matter and change C 540 C456c 2007 Chemistry C 550 Sp739h 1999 Heath earth science C 550 T471e 2016 Earth science and the environment C 570 B592b 2016 Biology C 570 B592b 2018 Biology

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

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