The Changing Earth: exploring Geology and Evolution, Fourth Edition, is designed for an introductory course in geology that can serve both majors and nonmajors in geology and the Earth sciences. One of the problems with any introductory science course is that students are overwhelmed by the amount of material that they must learn. Furthermore, most of the material does not seem to be linked by any unifying theme and does not always appear to be relevant to their lives.

1. Understanding Earth: A Dynamic and Evolving Planet]
2. Plate Tectonics: A Unifying Theory
3. Minerals The Building Blocks of Rocks
4. Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Igneous Activity
5. Volcanism and Volcanoes
6. Weathering, Soil, and Sedimentary Rocks
7. Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
8. Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
9. The Seafloor
10. Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents

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