Earth
Book - 2013
Examines the natural forces that shape our planet, covering such topics as climate, the oceans, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and glaciers.
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- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
DK Pub
2013.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Rev. ed
- Item Description
- At head of title: Eyewitness.
Includes index.
"Discover the secrets of life on our planet-- and learn how animals, plants, and the environment interact"--Cover. - Physical Description
- 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
- ISBN
- 9781465408983
- What makes up the Earth?
- Early ideas about the Earth
- A cocoon of gas
- Climate in the past
- Watery planet
- The properties of water
- Realms of ice
- The building blocks
- Investigating rocks
- Igneous rocks
- Sedimentary rocks
- Metamorphic rocks
- The challenge of the ocean
- Modern oceanography
- Continental drift
- Plate tectonics
- The formation of the ocean floor
- Exploring the interior
- Earthquakes and seismology
- Volcanology
- Mountain building
- Plateaus and rifts
- Weathering processes
- Life from rock
- Erosion
- Deposition
- Glaciation
- The age of the Earth
- Naming the Earth
- Did you know?
- Geoscientists at work
- Find out more
- Glossary.