How Does Earth Work? Physical Geology and the Process of Science

<ul> <li>1.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Why Study Earth? </li> <li>2.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Minerals: Building Blocks of the Planet </li> <li>3.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Rocks and Rock-Forming Processes </li> <li>4.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Formation of Magma and Igneous Rocks </li> <li>5.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Formation of Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks </li> <li>6.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Formation of Metamorphic Rocks </li> <li>7.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Earth Materials as Time Keepers </li> <li>8.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Journey to the Center of Earth </li> <li>9.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Making Earth </li> <li>10.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Motion Inside Earth </li> <li>11.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Deformation of Rocks </li> <li>12.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Global Tectonics:&nbsp; Plates and Plumes </li> <li>13.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Tectonics and Surface Relief </li> <li>14.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Soil Formation and Landscape Stability </li> <li>15.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Mass Movements: Landscapes in Motion </li> <li>16.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Streams:&nbsp; Flowing Water Shapes the Landscape </li> <li>17.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Water Flowing Underground </li> <li>18.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Glaciers: Cold-Climate Sculptors of Continents </li> <li>19.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Shorelines: Changing Landscapes Where Land Meets Sea </li> <li>20.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Wind: A Global Geologic Process </li> <li>21.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Global Warming: Real-time Change in the Earth System&nbsp;<br> </li> </ul>