Earth Science

1. Landslide and Slope Failure

1.1. Mass Wasting

1.2. Factors of Slope Failures

1.3. Process of Slope Failure

2. Weathering and Soils

2.1. Weathering

2.1.1. Physical Weathering

2.1.2. Chemical Weathering

2.1.3. Biological Weathering and Decay

2.1.4. Weathering Rates

2.2. Soils

2.2.1. Soil Erosion and Conservation

3. Earthquakes

3.1. Faults

3.2. Seismic Waves and Earthquake Detection

3.3. Measurement of Earthquakes

3.4. Hazards

4. Rocks and Minerals

4.1. Elements and Atoms

4.2. Minerals

4.3. Types of Rocks

4.3.1. Igneous

4.3.2. Sedimentary

4.3.3. Metamorphic

4.4. Rock Cycle and Mineral Resources

5. The Atmosphere

5.1. Structure and Processes of the Atmosphere

5.2. Solar Radiation

5.3. Role of Water

5.4. Air Pressure, Condensation, and the Precipitation

5.5. Clouds and Frontal Systems

5.6. Winds

6. Weather Systems

6.1. Air Masses

6.2. Midlatitude Cyclones and Frontal Systems

6.3. Severe Weather

6.3.1. Thunderstorms

6.3.2. Tornadoes

6.3.3. Hurricanes

7. Earth's Climate

7.1. Global Air Circulation

7.2. Climate Regions

7.3. Extreme Climate Environments

7.4. Climate Change

8. Plate Tectonics

8.1. Continental Drift

8.2. Evidence from the Seafloor

8.3. Plate tectonics

8.4. Plate Boundaries

9. Volcanoes

9.1. Magma Viscosity

9.2. Magma Sources and Magma Composition

9.3. Products of Volcanic Eruptions

9.4. Types of Volcanoes and Landforms

10. Geologic Time

10.1. History of Relative Time

10.2. Numerical Time

10.3. Geologic Time

11. Earth in Space

11.1. Old Ideas, New Ideas

11.2. Origin of the Universe

11.3. Stars and Planets

11.4. Earth, the Sun, and the Seasons

11.5. Unique Composition of Earth Core, Mantle, and Crust