TY - BOOK AU - McConnell,David AU - Steer,David Nathan AU - Knight,Catharine AU - Owens,Katharine TI - The good Earth: Introduction to earth science SN - 9781259094996 (acidfree paper) AV - QE26.3 .G66 2015 U1 - 550 23 PY - 2015///] CY - New York, NY PB - McGraw Hill Education KW - Earth sciences KW - Textbooks N1 - Includes index; Introduction to earth science -- Earth in space -- Near-Earth objects -- Plate tectonics -- Earthquakes -- Volcanoes and other mountains -- Rocks and minerals -- Geologic time -- Weathering and soils -- Landslides and slope failure -- Streams and floods -- Groundwater and wetlands -- Oceans and coastlines -- The atmosphere -- Weather systems -- Earth's climate system -- Global change -- Appendix A: Conversion factors -- Appendix B: The periodic table of elements -- Appendix C: Answers to selected checkpoint questions ER -