Earth and Its Moon

✍ Scribed by Anderson, Michael(Editor)

• Publisher: Rosen Education Service
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 98
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Routinely going through daily life, people may be inured to the fact that Earth takes up only a small fraction of a solar system, let alone the universe. Still, the planet we call home is unique for a number of reasons. The more we can learn about Earth and its MoonOCothe two bodies in the solar system of which the most has been discovered to dateOCothe more likely scientists are to uncover truths about the universe as a whole. The properties, motions, and cycles that characterize the Earth and Moon are the subjects of this mesmerizing volume, supported with details, sidebars, and labeled illustrations that any earthling would love.

✦ Table of Contents

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 7
CHAPTER 1: PLANET EARTH......Page 9
SHAPE AND SIZE......Page 10
MOTIONS......Page 13
ROTATION AND ORBIT......Page 14
THE EFFECT OF GRAVITY......Page 15
SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES......Page 17
MAGNETIC FIELD......Page 18
EARTH’S PLACE IN SPACE......Page 22
DISCOVERING EARTH’S STRUCTURE......Page 24
USING DENSITY......Page 25
USING SEISMIC WAVES......Page 26
EARTH’S LAYERS......Page 29
ROCKS AND MINERALS......Page 32
IGNEOUS ROCK......Page 33
METAMORPHIC ROCK......Page 34
SEDIMENTARY ROCK......Page 35
ATMOSPHERE......Page 39
MASS AND COMPOSITION......Page 40
TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE......Page 42
AIR MOVEMENTS AND WEATHER......Page 45
HYDROSPHERE......Page 47
MASS AND COMPOSITION......Page 48
TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE......Page 49
CURRENTS......Page 50
PRECIPITATION AND AQUIFERS......Page 51
LITHOSPHERE......Page 52
BIOSPHERE......Page 53
WATER CYCLE......Page 56
THE WATER TABLE......Page 58
RESIDENCE TIME......Page 59
CARBON STORAGE......Page 60
RESIDENCE TIME......Page 63
CHAPTER 5: EARTH’S SATELLITE: THE MOON......Page 66
THE MOON’S APPEARANCE FROM EARTH......Page 68
THE MOON THROUGH A TELESCOPE......Page 71
PHASES OF THE MOON......Page 73
ECLIPSES......Page 75
SIZE AND DISTANCE FROM EARTH......Page 77
MASS AND DENSITY......Page 79
COMPOSITION AND ATMOSPHERE......Page 81
ROCKS AND CRATERS......Page 83
THE EFFECTS OF BOMBARDMENTS......Page 86
MOUNTAINS......Page 88
CONCLUSION......Page 89
GLOSSARY......Page 90
FOR MORE INFORMATION......Page 92
WEB SITES......Page 94
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 95
INDEX......Page 96
BACK COVER......Page 98