Chapter 1: Introducing the Earth

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Chapter 1 Introducing the Earth

• Our changing earth surface
• Origin of the solar system
• The Rock Cycle
• Introducing the Unifying theory Plate Tectonics

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A Massive Iceberg as Viewed from the Space
Shuttle Discovery
Source NASA/Mark Marten/Science Source/Photo
Researchers, Inc.
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A Crack in the Antarctic Larsen Ice Shelf
Source V. Bretagnolle/Peter Arnold, Inc.
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Grand Canyon (1873)
Source U.S. Geological Survey, W. 100th No.
47/USGS U.S. Geological Survey W. 100th No.
47/USGS
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Grand Canyon (1972)
Source U.S. Geological Survey, W. 100th No.
47/USGS U.S. Geological Survey W. 100th No.
47/USGS R.M. Turner 17/U.S. Geological Survey
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Origin Solar System
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Earths Crust
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Origin of the Moon
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Rock Cycle
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Tectonic Plates
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Plate Rifting
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Plate Rifting (cont'd)
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Plate Rifting (cont'd)
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Mid-Ocean Ridge