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Table of Contents: Preface
Unit 1: The Foundation of Science
Chapter 1: Technology, Science, and Scientific Measurement
Chapter 2: Matter and Energy
Unit 2: The Exosphere
Chapter 3: The Earth as a Planet
Chapter 4: The Moon, Earths Closest Neighbor
Chapter 5: The Life of Stars
Chapter 6: The Solar System and its Place in the Universe
Unit 3: The Lithosphere
Chapter 7: The Earths Interior
Chapter 8: Plate Tectonics
Chapter 9: Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Chapter 10: Minerals, Rocks and Mineral Resources
Chapter 11: Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
Chapter 12: Soils
Chapter 13: The Earths Geologic History
Unit 4: The Atmosphere
Chapter 14: Structure and Composition of the Atmosphere
Chapter 15: Insolation
Chapter 16: Atmospheric Temperature and Pressure
Chapter 17: Humidity, Clouds, and Precipitation
Chapter 18: Wind, Air Masses, and Fronts
Chapter 19: Storms and Weather Forecasting
Chapter 20: Global Climate Change
Chapter 21: Acid Precipitation and Deposition
Chapter 22: Ozone Depletion
Unit 5: The Hydrosphere
Chapter 23: Earth, the Water Planet
Chapter 24: The Hydrologic Cycle
Chapter 25: Oceanography
Chapter 26: Fresh Surface Water and Groundwater
Chapter 27: Glaciers
Chapter 28: Pollution of the Hydrosphere
Chapter 29: El Nino and the Southern Oscillation
Chapter 30: Coral Bleaching
Unit 6: The Biosphere
Chapter 31: Ecological Systems
Chapter 32: World Biomes and Marine Ecosystems
Chapter 33: The Flow of Energy and Matter Through Ecosystems
Chapter 34: Biological Succession
Chapter 35: Classification of the Living World
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