TY - BOOK AU - Tarbuck, Edward J. AU - Frederick K.Lutgens TI - Environmental Science: Third Custom Edition for Broward Community College SN - 9780536966940 U1 - 363.1 23 PY - 2006/// CY - New jersey PB - Pearson N1 - Table of CONTENTS Preface xvii 1. Introduction to Earth Science 1-8 UNIT ONE: EARTH MATERIALS 29 2. Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks 29-44 3. Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth 51-76 UNIT TWO: SCULPTURING EARTH’S SURFACE 83 4. Weathering, Soil, and Mass wasting 83-110 5. Running Water and Ground Water 114-148 6. Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Theory Unfolds 215-236 7. Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity 249-274 8. Mountain Building 283-292 UNIT FOUR: DECIPHERING EARTH’S HISTORY 309 10. Geologic Time 309-330 UNIT FIVE: THE GLOBAL OCEAN 359 The Ocean Floor 359-377 Ocean Water and Ocean Life 383-397 The Dynamic Ocean 402-412 UNIT SIX: EARTH’S DYNAMIC ATMOSHERE 435 The Atmosphere: Composition, Structure, and Temperature 435-453 Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation 465-486 Air Pressure and Wind 501-520 Weather Patterns and Severe Storms 527-543 Climate 559-579 Appendix A: Metric and English Units Compared 683 Appendix B: Earth’s Grid System 684 Appendix C: Relative Humidity and Dew point Tables 686 Appendix D: Landforms of the Conterminous United States 688 Glossary 690 Index 709 ER -