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20.5 Development of Landscapes 514 Warming the People Behind the Science:
Rock Structure 514 Atmosphere 545 Vilhelm Firman Koren
Weathering and Erosion A Closer Look: Hole in Bjerknes 590
Processes 515 the Ozone Layer? 546 Summary 591
Stage of Development 515 Structure of the Key Terms 591
Summary 516 Atmosphere 547 Applying the Concepts 591
Key Terms 516 22.2 The Winds 548 Questions for Thought 594
Applying the Concepts 516 Local Wind Patterns 549 For Further Analysis 594
Questions for Thought 518 A Closer Look: The Windchill Invitation to Inquiry 594
For Further Analysis 519 Factor 550 Parallel Exercises 594
Invitation to Inquiry 519 Science and Society:
Parallel Exercises 519 Use Wind Energy? 551
Global Wind Patterns 552 24 Earth’s Waters 597
21 Geologic Time 521 22.3 Water and the Atmosphere 553
Evaporation and
Condensation 553
Fog and Clouds 557
People Behind the Science:
James Ephraim Lovelock 558
Summary 560 24.1 Water on Earth 598
21.1 Fossils 522 Key Terms 560 Freshwater 599
Early Ideas About Fossils 522 Applying the Concepts 560 Science and Society:
Types of Fossilization 523 Questions for Thought 563 Water Quality 600
21.2 Reading Rocks 525 For Further Analysis 563 Surface Water 600
Arranging Events in Invitation to Inquiry 563 Groundwater 602
Order 526 Parallel Exercises 563 Freshwater as a
Correlation 527 Resource 603
21.3 Geologic Time 529 A Closer Look: Water Quality
Early Attempts at Earth 23 Weather and and Wastewater Treatment 604
Dating 529 24.2 Seawater 606
Modern Techniques 530 Climate 565 Oceans and Seas 607
The Geologic Time Scale 530 The Nature of Seawater 608
Geologic Periods and Movement of Seawater 609
Typical Fossils 531 A Closer Look: Estuary
Mass Extinctions 533 Pollution 610
People Behind the Science: A Closer Look: Health of
Eduard Suess 534 the Chesapeake Bay 612
23.1 Clouds and Precipitation 566
Interpreting Geologic A Closer Look: Rogue Waves 613
Cloud-Forming
History—A Summary 535 People Behind the Science:
Processes 566
Summary 535 Rachel Louise Carson 616
Origin of Precipitation 569
Key Terms 535 24.3 The Ocean Floor 616
23.2 Weather Producers 569
Applying the Concepts 536 Summary 618
Air Masses 570
Questions for Thought 538 Key Terms 618
Weather Fronts 570
For Further Analysis 538 Applying the Concepts 618
Science and Society: Urban Heat
Invitation to Inquiry 538 Questions for Thought 621
Islands 573
Parallel Exercises 538 For Further Analysis 621
Waves and Cyclones 574
Major Storms 575 Invitation to Inquiry 621
22 The Atmosphere 23.3 Weather Forecasting 579 Parallel Exercises 621
of Earth 541 23.4 Climate 580
Major Climate Groups 580 Appendix A 623
Regional Climate
Appendix B 631
Influence 582
Describing Climates 583 Appendix C 632
A Closer Look: El Niño Appendix D 633
and La Niña 586 Appendix E 643
22.1 The Atmosphere 542 23.5 Climate Change 587 Credits 699
Composition of the Causes of Global Climate
Atmosphere 543 Change 588 Index 701
Atmospheric Pressure 544 Global Warming 588
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