
- 608 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Visualizing Earth Science
About this book
Visualizing EarthScience relies heavily on rich visuals to expand on concepts for students and solidify their understanding of them. This accessible format, coupled with the assumption that students have little knowledge of earth science, allows students to navigate through the material with greater ease the goal being to help them understand the world around them and interpret what they see in a meaningful, accurate and exciting way. Authors Zeeya Merali and Brian Skinner focus on visual learning in their debut of their first edition, Visualizing Earth Science. This text weaves illustrated timelines throughout to exemplify how concepts fit together and develop over time. Students will quickly learn difficult concepts with this innovative, visual approach.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Contents in Brief
- Contents
- 1: Introduction to Earth Science
- 2: Minerals: Earth’s Building Blocks
- 3: Rocks: Keepers of Earth’s History
- 4: Weathering, Soils, and Mass Wasting
- 5: Water On and Under the Ground
- 6: Extreme Climatic Regions: Deserts, Glaciers, and Ice Sheets
- 7: Plate Tectonics: Sculptor of Earth’s Ever-Changing Landscape
- 8: Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior
- 9: Volcanism and Other Igneous Processes
- 10: How Old Is Old? The Rock Record and Deep Time
- 11: A Brief History of Life on Earth
- 12: The Oceans
- 13: Where Ocean Meets Land
- 14: The Atmosphere: Composition, Structure, and Clouds
- 15: Global Circulation and Weather Systems
- 16: Global Climates Past and Present
- 17: Earth’s Place in Space
- Appendix A: Periodic Table of the Elements
- Appendix B: Units and Their Conversions
- Appendix C: Answers to Self-Tests
- Glossary
- Photo Credits
- Text, Table, and Line Art Credits
- Index