Features: 1. New! Bounce page smart figure
3. Modular approach driven by learning objectivestable of contents: unit i: earth materials
1. Matter and minerals
2. Rocks: materials of the solid earthunit ii: sculpturing earth’s surface
3. Landscapes fashioned by water
4. Glacial and arid landscapesunit
iii: forces within
5. Plate tectonics: a scientific revolution unfolds
6. Restless earth: earthquakes and mountain building
7. Volcanoes and other igneous activityunit iv: deciphering earth’s history
8. Geologic timeunit v: the global ocean
9. Oceans: the last frontier
10. The restless oceanunit
vi: earth’s dynamic atmosphere
11. Heating the atmosphere
12. Moisture, clouds and precipitation
13. The atmosphere in motion
14. Weather patterns and severe weatherunit vii: earth’s place in the universe
15. The nature of the solar system
16. Beyond the solar system.