TY - BOOK AU - Spaulding,Nancy E. AU - Namowitz,Samuel N. TI - Heath earth science SN - 0395931983 U1 - 550 PY - 1999///] CY - Evanston, Illinois PB - McDougal Littell KW - Earth sciences KW - Study and teaching N1 - 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 ER -