Earth Science
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
Published: February 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780028278520
Subjects: Science & Nature - Earth Sciences; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)
Table of contents: title: The nature of science; title: Matter and its changes; title: Minerals; title: Rocks; title: Views of earth; title: Weathering and soil; title: Erosional forces; title: Water erosion and deposition; title: Earthquakes; title: Volcanoes; title: Plate tectonics; title: Clues to Earth's past; title: Geologic time; title: Atmosphere; title: Weather; title: Climate; title: Ocean motion; title: Oceanography; title: Our impact on land; title: Our impact on air and water; title: Exploring space; title: The Sun-Earth-Moon system; title: The solar system; title: Stars and galaxies; title: Appendices.; title: International system of units; title: SI/Metric to English conversions; title: Safety in the science classroom; title: Safety symbols; title: Topographic map symbols; title: Periodic table of the elements; title: World map; title: United States map; title: Solar system information; title: Table of relative humidity; title: Star charts; title: Weather map symbols; title: Minerals with metallic luster; title: Minerals with nonmetallic luster; title: Skill handbook; title: Glossary; title: Spanish glossary