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Tables of Contents for Earth Science
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
UNIT 1 Earth Materials
2
116
The Nature of Science
4
26
What is Earth science?
6
4
Science and Society-Technology: Applying Science
10
2
Solving Problems
12
7
Measurement and Safety
19
11
Design Your Own Experiment: Rock Density
22
8
Matter and Its Changes
30
30
Atoms
32
6
Combinations of Atoms
38
6
Scales of Measurement
43
1
Matter
44
10
Design Your Own Experiment: Determining Density
52
2
Science and Society-Issue: Energy from Atoms
54
6
Minerals
60
24
Minerals
62
5
Crystal Formation
65
2
Mineral Identification
67
7
Design Your Own Experiment: Mineral Identification
72
2
Uses of Minerals
74
4
Science and Society-Technology: Uses of Titanium
78
6
Rocks
84
32
The Rock Cycle
86
4
Igneous Rocks
90
7
Design Your Own Experiment: Igneous Rocks
94
3
Metamorphic Rocks
97
4
Sedimentary Rocks
101
7
Science and Society-Technology: Burning Waste Coal
108
8
Sedimentary Rocks
110
4
Rock and Roll
114
2
UNIT 2 The Changing Surface of Earth
116
116
Views of Earth
118
28
Landforms
120
6
Viewpoints
126
4
Maps
130
8
Making a Topographic Map
137
1
Science and Society-Technology: Mapping Our Planet
138
8
Design Your Own Experiment: Modeling Earth
140
6
Weathering and Soil
146
24
Weathering
148
8
Design Your Own Experiment: Weathering Chalk
152
4
Soil
156
8
Soil Characteristics
160
4
Science and Society-Issue: Land Use and Soil Loss
164
6
Erosional Forces
170
30
Gravity
172
6
Science and Society-Issue: Developing Land Prone to Erosion
178
2
Glaciers
180
8
Glacial Grooving
186
2
Wind
188
12
Design Your Own Experiment: Blowing in the Wind
192
8
Water Erosion and Deposition
200
32
Surface Water
202
12
Design Your Own Experiment: Stream Speed
210
4
Groundwater
214
6
Science and Society-Issue: Water Wars
220
2
Ocean Shoreline
222
10
What's so special about sand?
225
5
The Oregon Trail
230
2
UNIT 3 Earth's Internal Processes
232
90
Earthquakes
234
30
Forces Inside Earth
236
5
Earthquake Information
241
11
Design Your Own Experiment: Earthquake Depths
242
6
Epicenter Location
248
4
Destruction by Earthquakes
252
6
Science and Society-Technology: Living on a Fault
258
6
Volcanoes
264
28
Volcanoes and Earth's Moving Plates
266
8
Design Your Own Experiment: Locating Active Volcanoes
270
4
Science and Society-Technology: Energy from Earth
274
2
Eruptions and Forms of Volcanoes
276
7
Igneous Rock Features
283
9
Identifying Types of Volcanoes
287
5
Plate Tectonics
292
30
Continental Drift
294
4
Seafloor Spreading
298
6
Design Your Own Experiment: Seafloor Spreading
302
2
Theory of Plate Tectonics
304
10
Seafloor Spreading Rates
306
8
Science and Society-Technology: Before Pangaea, Rodinia
314
8
Researching Via the Internet
320
2
UNIT 4 Change and Earth's History
322
66
Clues to Earth's Past
324
30
Fossils
326
8
Science and Society-Issue: Extinction of Dinosaurs
334
3
Relative Ages of Rocks
337
7
Relative Age Dating of Geologic Features
343
1
Absolute Ages of Rocks
344
10
Design Your Own Experiment: Radioactive Decay
348
6
Geologic Time
354
34
Evolution and Geologic Time
356
8
Science and Society-Issue: Present-Day Rapid Extinctions
364
2
Early Earth History
366
8
Evolution Within a Species
368
6
Middle and Recent Earth History
374
14
Design Your Own Experiment: Geologic Time Line
380
6
An Age-Old Question
386
2
UNIT 5 Earth's Air and Water
388
140
Atmosphere
390
30
Earth's Atmosphere
392
8
Making a Barometer
399
1
Science and Society-Technology: The Ozone Layer
400
2
Energy from the Sun
402
8
Design Your Own Experiment: The Heat Is On
408
2
Movement of Air
410
10
Weather
420
30
What is weather?
422
10
Design Your Own Experiment: Is it humid or not?
428
4
Weather Patterns
432
8
Forecasting Weather
440
4
Reading a Weather Map
442
2
Science and Society-Technology: Changing the Weather
444
6
Climate
450
26
What is climate?
452
6
Design Your Own Experiment: Microclimates
456
2
Climate Types
458
4
Climatic Changes
462
8
The Greenhouse Effect
468
2
Science and Society-Technology: How can global warming be slowed?
470
6
Ocean Motion
476
26
Ocean Water
478
6
Design Your Own Experiment: Water, Water, Everywhere
482
2
Ocean Currents
484
6
Ocean Waves and Tides
490
6
Making Waves
493
3
Science and Society-Issue: Tapping Tidal Energy
496
6
Oceanography
502
26
The Seafloor
504
6
The Ups and Downs of the Ocean Floor
509
1
Life in the Ocean
510
9
Design Your Own Experiment: Cleaning Up Oil Spills
516
3
Science and Society-Technology: Pollution and Marine Life
519
9
Wet and Windy Inventions
526
2
UNIT 6 You and the Environment
528
52
Our Impact on Land
530
24
Population Impact on the Environment
532
6
Design Your Own Experiment: A Crowded Encounter
534
4
Using the Land
538
8
Science and Society-Issue: Should recycling be required?
546
8
A Model Landfill
549
5
Our Impact on Air and Water
554
26
Air Pollution
556
6
Science and Society-Technology: Acid Rain
562
6
Design Your Own Experiment: What's in the air?
566
2
Water Pollution
568
12
Water Use
574
4
Become an Advocate for the Environment
578
2
UNIT 7 Astronomy
580
146
Exploring Space
582
30
Radiation from Space
584
7
Telescopes
590
1
Science and Society-Issue: Light Pollution
591
3
Artificial Satellites and Space Probes
594
10
Design Your Own Experiment: Probe to Mars
601
3
The Space Shuttle and the Future
604
8
The Sun-Earth-Moon System
612
26
Planet Earth
614
9
Design Your Own Experiment: Tilt and Temperature
620
3
Earth's Moon
623
9
Moon Phases and Eclipses
629
3
Science and Society-Technology: Exploration of the Moon
632
6
The Solar System
638
32
The Solar System
640
6
Planetary Orbits
645
1
The Inner Planets
646
6
Science and Society-Issue: Mission to Mars
652
2
The Outer Planets
654
8
Design Your Own Experiment: Solar System Distance Model
660
2
Other Objects in the Solar System
662
8
Stars and Galaxies
670
56
Stars
672
7
Design Your Own Experiment: Measuring Parallax
676
3
The Sun
679
5
Sunspots
683
1
Evolution of Stars
684
7
Galaxies and the Expanding Universe
691
7
Science and Society-Technology: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
698
9
Where? Out There!
704
3
Appendices
Appendix A International System of Units
707
1
Appendix B SI/Metric to English Conversions
708
1
Appendix C Safety in the Science Classroom
709
1
Appendix D Safety Symbols
710
1
Appendix E Topographic Map Symbols
711
1
Appendix F Periodic Table of the Elements
712
2
Appendix G World Map
714
2
Appendix H United States Map
716
2
Appendix I Solar System Information
718
1
Appendix J Table of Relative Humidity
719
1
Appendix K Star Charts
720
2
Appendix L Weather Map Symbols
722
1
Appendix M Minerals with Metallic Luster
723
1
Appendix N Minerals with Nonmetallic Luster
724
2
Skill Handbook
726
20
Organizing Information
727
7
Thinking Critically
734
2
Practicing Scientific Processes
736
4
Representing and Applying Data
740
6
Glossary
746
14
Spanish Glossary
760
14
Index
774