Parts:  I  -  II  -  III  -  IV  -  V  -  VI

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PART I: Our Island in Space
1	Cosmology and the Birth of Earth • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
2	Journey to the Center of the Earth • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
3	Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
4	The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
PART II: Earth Materials
5	Patterns in Nature: Minerals • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
6	Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
7	A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
8	Change in the Solid State: Metamorphic Rocks • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
PART III: Tectonic Activity of a Dynamic Planet
9	The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
10	A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
11	Crags, Cracks, and Crumples • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
PART IV: History Before History
12	Deep Time: How Old is Old? • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
13	A Biography of Earth • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
PART V: Earth Resources
14	Squeezing Power from a Stone: Energy Resources • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
15	Riches in Rock: Mineral Resources • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
PART VI: Processes and Problems at Earth's Surface
16	Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
17	Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
18	Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
19	A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
20	An Envelope of Gas: Earth's Atmosphere and Climate • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
21	Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
22	Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle
23	Global Change: Evolution of the Earth System • Overview • Self-Test • Crossword Puzzle