Includes index

CHAPTER 1: THE NATURE OF EARTH SCIENCECHAPTER -- 2: MINERALS AND MINERAL RESOURCESCHAPTER -- 3: EARTH MATERIALSCHAPTER -- 4: EARTH HISTORYCHAPTER -- 5: PLATE TECTONICSCHAPTER -- 6: VOLCANISM AND OTHER IGNEOUS PROCESSESCHAPTER -- 7: DEFORMATION AND EARTHQUAKESCHAPTER -- 8: MOUNTAINS, BASINS, AND CONTINENTAL MARGINSCHAPTER -- 9: SCULPTING LANDSCAPESCHAPTER -- 10: SOIL AND UNSTABLE SLOPESCHAPTER -- 11: GLACIERS, COASTS, AND CHANGING SEA LEVELSCHAPTER -- 12: STREAMS, LAKES, AND GROUNDWATERCHAPTER -- 13: ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY AND MATTERCHAPTER -- 14: ATMOSPHERIC MOTIONCHAPTER -- 15: ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURECHAPTER -- 16: WEATHER AND STORMSCHAPTER -- 17: OCEANS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER EARTH SYSTEMSCHAPTER -- 18: CLIMATES AROUND THE WORLDCHAPTER -- 19: OUR SOLAR SYSTEMCHAPTER -- 20: OUR UNIVERSE.

"WE WROTE EXPLORING EARTH SCIENCE so that students could learn from the book on their own, freeing up instructors to teach the class in any way they want. I (Steve Reynolds) first identified the need for this type of book while I was a National Association of Geoscience Teachers' (NAGT) distinguished speaker. As part of my NAGT activities, I traveled around the country conducting workshops on how to infuse active learning and scientific inquiry into introductory college science courses, including those with upwards of 200 students"-- Provided by publisher.