Part One: Our Dynamic PlanetChapter 1: From the Big Bang to the Blue Marble Chapter 2: The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics Chapter 3: Introducing Minerals and the Nature of Rock Chapter 4: Up from the Inferno: Volcanism and Igneous Rock Chapter 5: A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Sedimentary RockChapter 6: A Process of Change: Metamorphism and the Rock Cycle Chapter 7: Crags, Cracks, and Crumples--Mountain Building and Geologic StructuresChapter 8: A Violent Pulse: EarthquakesChapter 9: Deep Time: How Old Is Old? Chapter 10: A Biography of Earth Chapter 11: Riches in Rock: Energy and Earth's ResourcesPart Two: Ever-Changing LandscapesChapter 12: Agents of Change: The Hydrologic Cycle and Mass WastingChapter 13: Fresh Water: Streams, Lakes, and Groundwater Chapter 14: Land of Extremes: Deserts and GlaciersPart Three: Restless SeasChapter 15: The Waters of the SeaChapter 16: Ocean Basins and CoastsPart Four: A Blanket of Gas: Earth's AtmosphereChapter 17: The Air We Breathe: Introducing Earth's Atmosphere Chapter 18: Winds of the World: Earth's Major Weather SystemsChapter 19: Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Local Weather SystemsChapter 20: Climate and Climate ChangePart Five: Our Solar System, and BeyondChapter 21: Introducing Astronomy: Looking Beyond the EarthChapter 22: Our Neighborhood in Space: The Solar SystemChapter 23: The Sun, the Stars.and Deep Space.