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This course exposes students to a wide variety of scientific problems, which took centuries for the scientists to discover, observe, and solve. Students’ exposure to a number of changes on our earth empowers them to understand a broad range of scales under which the nature operates. Overall subject content and the addressed problems in earth sciences broaden students’ thinking and appreciation of the value of science that unravels the hidden side of the dynamic earth.
This book is a college-level text designed for an introductory course in Earth Science, and is good for students with little background in science. There are 24 chapters divided into 7 units, presenting knowledge of matter and minerals; rocks; weathering, soil, and mass wasting; running water and groundwater; glaciers, deserts, and wind; plate tectonics; earthquakes and earth’s interior; volcanos and other igneous activity; crustal deformation and mountain building; geologic time; the ocean floor; ocean water and ocean life; the atmosphere; moisture, clouds, and precipitation; air pressure and wind; weather patterns and severe storms; world climates and global climate change; etc.
This book is one of eight volumes in the Science Visual Resources set with focus on earth science particularly. Section 1 provides an introduction to the study of our planet in the context of the solar system. Section 2 expands on the concept of geologic time. Section 3 introduces the elementary chemistry and physics underlying the geology of the planet, and discusses how minerals form rocks. Section 4 examines in detail Earth’s unique and life-sustaining atmosphere and surface water. Section 5 looks at the physical geography of the land and how it is naturally shaped by weather and water movement. The final section statistically compares geographical features of the world.
This is a textbook aimed at help college students learn the basic principles and concepts of geology. In regard to text organization, basic theory is presented in Chapter 2 to reflect the unifying role that plate tectonics plays in our understanding of planet Earth. With the basic framework of plate tectonics firmly established, the text then turns to discussion of Earth materials and the related processes of volcanism and metamorphism. This is followed by chapters that examine earthquakes, the origin and evolution of the ocean floor, and crustal deformation and mountain building.
This book is an introduction to the basic meteorology concepts with easy-to-grasp, everyday examples, a largely non-technical narrative, timely coverage of recent atmospheric events, and carefully crafted illustrations. After a basic introduction to the atmosphere, the book then proceeds to discuss heating Earth’s surface, temperature data and the controls of temperature, moisture and cloud formation, forms of condensation and precipitation, air pressure and winds, air masses, and basic weather patterns. This twelfth edition features a greater focus on increasingly important severe and hazardous weather applications and discussions of real-world career opportunities in meteorology.
