Earth and space
By: prepared by Stephen Blake, Stephen Serjeant and Sandy Smith
Contributors: Smith, Sandy, author; Serjeant, Stephen, author
Series: S104 Exploring science; Science : Level 1; Exploring science
Publisher: The Open University
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Walton Hall, Milton Keynes
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781780077154; 9781848731639
Copyright date: 2007
Subjects: Earth sciences; Science; Astronomy; Sciences de la terre; Sciences; Astronomie; Sciences (philosophy); SCIENCE; Earth Sciences; General; Physics; Geophysics
Notes: Book 2 of Open University course S104 Exploring science.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ""Contents""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Chapter 2 The Earth: an introduction""; ""Chapter 3 The active Earth: earthquakes""; ""Chapter 4 The active Earth: volcanic activity""; ""Chapter 5 The active Earth: how rocks are formed""; ""Chapter 6 Inside the Earth""; ""Chapter 7 The Earthâ€?s changing face: continental drift and sea-fl oor spreading""; ""Chapter 8 The theory of plate tectonics""; ""Chapter 9 Plate movement and Earth history""; ""Chapter 10 Plate tectonics and the whole Earth""; ""Chapter 11 The planetary neighbourhood""; ""Chapter 12 Our Sun and the stars""; title: ""Chapter 13 To the edge of the observable Universe""""Chapter 14 Motion and gravity""; ""Chapter 15 Summary of Book 2""; ""Answers to questions""; ""Comments on activities""; ""References""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Index""