CliffsQuickReview Earth Science

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The Earth's Structure
* Earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes
* Oceans and features of the ocean floor
* Earth's layers
* Plate tectonics, hot spots and pole
* Landscape formationreversal patterns
* Rocks and minerals; rock and fossil dating


Climate
* Atmosphere, storms, and forecasting
* Water and climate
* Insolation and the seasons
* Weathering and agents of erosion


Environmental Concerns
* Conservation
* Pollution


Space
* Comets, asteroids, and meteoroids
* Motions of the earth, moon, and sun
* Kepler's laws of planetary motion
* Origin of the universe


Review and Resources
* Chapter-end quizzes
* Comprehensive end-of-book quiz
* Glossary of key terms
* Appendix of topic-related resources and websites


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• Published by

  John Wiley & Sons

• Publish Date

  April 01, 2006 

• Print ISBN

  9780471789376

• eBook ISBN

  9781118153543

• Imprint

  John Wiley & Sons

• Filesize

  5.65 MB

• Number of Print Pages*

  240

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