StudySpace: Chemistry 2e.

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• Study Plan
• Guide to Reading

Learn

• Ebook
• Diagnostic Quiz
• Animations
• Flashcards

Connect

• Geotours
• Feature Articles
• Geology in the News

• Prelude
• Introducing Geotours: How to Use Google Earth™ to see Geologic Features

Part I Our Island in Space

1. Cosmology and the Earth
2. Journey to the Center of the Earth
3. Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas

• Interlude A: Paleomagnetism and Apparent Polar-wander Paths

4. The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics

Part II Earth Materials

5. Patterns in Nature: Minerals

• Interlude B: Rock Groups

6. Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks
7. A Surface Veneer: Sediments, Soils, and Sedimentary Rocks
8. Metamorphism: A Process of Change

• Interlude C: The Rock Cycle

Part III Tectonic Activity of a Dynamic Planet

9. The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions
10. A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes

• Interlude D: Seeing inside the Earth

11. Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformations and Mountain Building

Part IV History before History

• Interlude E: Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution

12. Deep Time: How Old Is Old?
13. A Biography of Earth

Part V Earth Resources

14. Squeezing Power from a Stone: Energy Resources
15. Riches in Rock: Mineral Resources

Part VI        Processes and Problems at the Earth’s Surface

• Interlude F: Ever-changing Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle

16. Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements
17. Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water
18. Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts
19. A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater
20. An Envelope of Gas: Earth’s Atmosphere and Climate
21. Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts
22. Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages
23. Global Change in the Earth System