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Chapter 1: Introduction to Physical Geology and the Environment
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Physical Geology and the Environment
What is Geology?What is Geology?Who are Geoscientists?Who are Geoscientists?
What is the Scientific Method?What is the Scientific Method?How did the Earth Form? Is the Earth DifferentHow did the Earth Form? Is the Earth Different
What was the Early Earth Like?What was the Early Earth Like?What are Some of the Important EventsWhat are Some of the Important Events
from other Planets in the Solar System?from other Planets in the Solar System?
in the Earth’s History?in the Earth’s History?
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Plates of the World
Figure 1.1
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Some Important Ages in theDevelopment of Life on Earth
Table 1.1
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Installing a Monitoring Probe
Box 1.6 – Figure 3
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Orbits of the Planets in the Solar System
Figure 1.4
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Nuclear Hypothesis for the Origin of the Solar System
Figure 1.5
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The Planets of the Solar SystemDrawn to Scale
Figure 1.6
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Planetary Data
Table 1.2
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Cross-Section Through the Earth
Figure 1.9
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The Supercontinent Pangea
Figure 1.10
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Canadian Rocky Mountains
Box 1.9
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1,300-Million-Year-OldStromatolite
Figure 1.11
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The Burgess Shale Exposedin Yoho National Park
Box 1.10 – Figure 1
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Fossils of the Burgess Shale
Box 1.10 – Figure 2a
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Fossils of the Burgess Shale
Box 1.10 – Figure 2b
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Fossils of the Burgess Shale
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Laurentide andCordilleron Ice Sheets
Figure 1.12
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Rock Cycle with Respect toConvergent Plate Boundary
Figure 1.14
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Answers to SelectedTesting Your Knowledge
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Student ResourcesStudent ResourcesStudent Online Learning CentreThe robust Student Edition of the Online Learning Centre at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer features quizzes for study and review, interactive exercises and animation, as well as additional boxed readings, searchable glossary, “Virtual Vista” environments, suggestions for further reading, and much more!
Laboratory ManualThe Lab Manual to accompany Physical Geology and the Environment has been created as a resource for laboratory sessions in physical geology, mirroring the "Inquiry-Based Approach" of the text. Structured on exercises and corresponding background concepts, the lab manual contains student-friendly worksheets, and has been perforated for easy lab use.
Instructor ResourcesInstructor ResourcesInstructor Online Learning CentreThe OLC at www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/plummer includes a password-protected Web site for Instructors. The site offers downloadable supplements and access to PageOut, the McGraw-Hill Ryerson Web site development centre.
Instructor’s Manual – The IM contains a chapter overview, list of changes per chapter, chapter learning objectives, further information on boxed features, short and long discussion/essay questions, and details on additional readings and resources outside the textbook.
Test Bank – Contains a bank of 40-60 multiple-choice and true/false questions per chapter.
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation – This presentation system offers visual presentations that may be edited and manipulated to fit a particular course format. They also contain selected solutions to the problem material.
TransparenciesA set of more than 200 transparencies tied to the text content are available for instructors.