Tables of Contents for Earth Science

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Tables of Contents for Earth Science

Chapter/Section Title

Page #

Page Count

Unit 1 Earth Materials

The Nature of Science

What Is Earth Science?

5

1

Applying Science

6

1

Solving Problems

7

1

Measurement and Safety

8

1

Matter and Its Changes

Atoms

9

1

Combinations of Atoms

10

1

Matter

11

1

Energy from Atoms

12

1

Minerals

Minerals

13

1

Mineral Identification

14

1

Uses of Minerals

15

1

Uses of Titanium

16

1

Rocks

The Rock Cycle

17

1

Igneous Rocks

18

1

Metamorphic Rocks

19

1

Sedimentary Rocks

20

1

Burning Waste Coal

21

1

Unit 2 The Changing Surface of Earth

Views of Earth

Landforms

22

1

Viewpoints

23

1

Maps

24

1

Mapping Our Planet

25

1

Weathering and Soil

Weathering

26

1

Soil

27

1

Land Use and Soil Loss

28

1

Erosional Forces

Gravity

29

1

Developing Land Prone to Erosion

30

1

Glaciers

31

1

Wind

32

1

Water Erosion and Deposition

Surface Water

33

1

Groundwater

34

1

Water Wars

35

1

Ocean Shoreline

36

1

Unit 3 Earth's Internal Processes

Earthquakes

Forces Inside Earth

37

1

Earthquake Information

38

1

Destruction by Earthquakes

39

1

Living on a Fault

40

1

Volcanoes

Volcanoes and Earth's Moving Plates

41

1

Energy from Earth

42

1

Eruptions and Forms of Volcanoes

43

1

Igneous Rock Features

44

1

Plate Tectonics

Continental Drift

45

1

Seafloor Spreading

46

1

Theory of Plate Tectonics

47

1

Before Pangaea, Rodinia

48

1

Unit 4 Change and Earth's History

Clues to Earth's Past

Fossils

49

1

Extinction of the Dinosaurs

50

1

Relative Ages of Rocks

51

1

Absolute Ages of Rocks

52

1

Geologic Time

Evolution and Geologic Time

53

1

Present-Day Rapid Extinctions

54

1

Early Earth History

55

1

Middle and Recent Earth History

56

1

Unit 5 Earth's Air and Water

Atmosphere

Earth's Atmosphere

57

1

The Ozone Layer

58

1

Energy from the Sun

59

1

Movement of Air

60

1

Weather

What Is Weather?

61

1

Weather Patterns

62

1

Forecasting Weather

63

1

Changing the Weather

64

1

Climate

What Is Climate?

65

1

Climate Types

66

1

Climatic Changes

67

1

How Can Global Warming Be Slowed?

68

1

Ocean Motion

Ocean Water

69

1

Ocean Currents

70

1

Ocean Waves and Tides

71

1

Tapping Tidal Energy

72

1

Oceanography

The Seafloor

73

1

Life in the Ocean

74

1

Pollution and Marine Life

75

1

Unit 6 You and the Environment

Our Impact on Land

Population Impact on the Environment

76

1

Using the Land

77

1

Should Recycling Be Required?

78

1

Our Impact on Air and Water

Air Pollution

79

1

Acid Rain

80

1

Water Pollution

81

1

Unit 7 Astronomy

Exploring Space

Radiation from Space

82

1

Light Pollution

83

1

Artificial Satellites and Space Probes

84

1

The Space Shuttle and the Future

85

1

The Sun-Earth-Moon System

Planet Earth

86

1

Earth's Moon

87

1

Exploration of the Moon

88

1

The Solar System

The Solar System

89

1

The Inner Planets

90

1

Mission to Mars

91

1

The Outer Planets

92

1

Other Objects in the Solar System

93

1

Stars and Galaxies

Stars

94

1

The Sun

95

1

Evolution of Stars

96

1

Galaxies and the Expanding Universe

97

1

The Search for Extraterrestrial Life

98