Exploring Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology
- ISBN-10
- 0130183725
- ISBN-13
- 9780130183729
- Series
- Exploring Earth
- Pages
- 549
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall
- Authors
- Paul M. Davis, Jon P. Davidson, Walter E. Reed
Description
By employing plate tectonics as its central and unifying theme, Exploring Earth takes an innovative, integrative, and process-oriented approach in presenting the traditional breadth of physical geology topics. Exploring Earth features: clear, precise prose that renders understandable even the most complex concepts; an exceptional art program developed by the authors; engaging Focus On essays that tie the theory to our daily lives; and unique student-friendly teaching strategies (Speed Bumps, critical thinking questions, and quantitative questions) that promote understanding over memorization. This innovative on-line study guide is tied chapter-by-chapter to the text and includes: automatically graded, reportable review quizzes; short answer questions; critical thinking questions; annotated links to the best geology sites on the Web Student Study Guide. This guide helps to reinforce materials covered in the textbook and includes: Introduction, Objectives, Key Terms, and Study Questions.
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