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Ck 12: Earth Science: Impact of Continued Global Warming
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How continued global warming will impact the environment.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Branches of Earth Science
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of the major branches of Earth Science.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Temperature of the Atmosphere
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How different temperature gradients separate the atmosphere into distinct layers.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Field Trips
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Let's go! Virtual Earth science field trips.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Field Trips
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Let's go! Virtual Earth Science field trips.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Field Trips
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Let's go! Virtual Earth science field trips.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Core
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the composition of the Earth's core.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Crust
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the makeup of the Earth's crust.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Interior
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discover how scientists learn about Earth's interior using seismic waves, meteorites, density, and the magnetic field. Additional resources are available for download.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Climate Change in Earth History
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Traces changes in Earth's climate through Earth history, especially in the past 2,000 years.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Layers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identifies the various layers of the Earth, including the crust, mantle, core, lithosphere, and asthenosphere.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Core
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the composition of the Earth's core.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Crust
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the makeup of the Earth's crust.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Mantle
The composition and behavior of the Earth's mantle. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth History and Clues From Fossils
How scientists can learn information about the past from fossils. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Age of Earth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How scientists have been able to determine the age of Earth.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Inner Layers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identifies and describes the two internal layers of Earth.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Tectonic Plates
Earth's tectonic plates and how they move.[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Geothermal Power
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents the way geothermal energy is harnessed and some of its benefits and costs. Downloadable resources are also available.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Interior
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How scientists use seismic waves to learn about the Earth's interior.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Tides
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Reveals tidal patterns and that tides are caused by the gravitational attraction of the Sun and Moon to Earth.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Seismic Waves
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The seismic waves that emanate from earthquakes include body waves and surface waves. Learn how scientists use seismic waves to learn about the Earth's interior.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Lithosphere and Asthenosphere
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The lithosphere is made of the brittle crust and uppermost mantle and lies on the plastic asthenosphere. Read about the properties of the lithosphere and asthenosphere.
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Ck 12: Earth Science: Agriculture and Human Population Growth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Reveals how human population growth has paralleled advances in agriculture, such as the advent of agriculture, and the onset of the Green Revolution.