Earth Science

Preparing link to download Please wait... Attached file not found

E-Book Overview

For Introductory Earth Science Courses Ideal for undergraduates with little or no science background, Earth Science provides a student-friendly overview of our physical environment that offers balanced, up-to-date coverage of geology, oceanography, astronomy, and meteorology. The authors’ texts have always been recognized for their readability, currency, dynamic art program, delivery of basic principles and instructor flexibility. The Fourteenth Edition incorporates a new active learning approach, a fully updated and mobile visual program, and MasteringGeology™—the most complete, easy-to-use, engaging tutorial and assessment tool available. This program will provide an interactive and engaging learning experience for your students. Here’s how: Personalize learning with MasteringGeology™: MasteringGeology provides students with engaging and interactive experiences that coach them through introductory physical geography with specific wrong-answer feedback, hints, and a wide variety of educationally effective content. Teach with an active learning path: Chapters have been broken up into small manageable sections that help students actively analyze information, assess their progress and think about Earth science. Use art that teaches. Each chapter contains 5-7 SmartFigures. SmartFigures are illustrations that use Quick Response (QR) codes to link students to lecture-style videos. Also found in each chapter and accessed by QR codes are Mobile Field Trips, where students virtually accompany Michael Collier on adventures to explore different landscapes. Cultivate an active learning environment that helps students achieve a deeper understanding of the text.

---

E-Book Information

• Edition: 14th

• Pages: 792

• Pages In File: 792

• Language: English

• Topic: 178

• Identifier: 9,780,321,928,092

• Org File Size: 88,608,484

• Extension: pdf

• Tags: earth science geology geophysics tectonics oceanography astronomy meteorology

• Toc: Frontmatter......Page 1New learning path helps students master the concepts......Page 181. Introduction to Earth Science......Page 26Unit One: Earth Materials......Page 562. Matter and Minerals......Page 573. Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth......Page 82Unit Two: Sculpting Earth’s Surface......Page 1184. Weathering, Soil, and Mass Wasting......Page 1195. Running Water and Groundwater......Page 1546. Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind......Page 194Unit Three: Forces Within......Page 2327. Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds......Page 2338. Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior......Page 2689. Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity......Page 30010. Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building......Page 340Unit Four: Deciphering Earth’s History......Page 37011. Geologic Time......Page 37112. Earth’s Evolution Through Geologic Time......Page 396Unit Five: The Global Ocean......Page 43213. The Ocean Floor......Page 43314. Oc