Part 1: What is Geology?  

1. Learning about the Earth  

2. The Way the Earth Works: Examining Plate Tectonics  

  

Part 2: What is Earth Made of?  

3. Minerals  

4. Minerals, Rocks, and the Rock Cycle  

5. Using Igneous Rocks to Interpret Earth History  

6. Using Sedimentary Rocks to Interpret Earth History  

7. Interpreting Metamorphic Rocks  

8. Interpreting Features of Deformed Rock 

9. Earthquakes and Seismology  

10. Plate Tectonics II: A Deeper Understanding 

  

Part 3: Earth’s Changing Surface  

11. Studying the Earth's Landforms: Maps and Other Tools  

12. Working with Topographic Maps  

13. Landscapes Formed by Streams  

14. Groundwater as a Landscape Former and Resource 

15. Glacial Landscapes  

16. Processes and Landforms in Arid Environments 

17. Shoreline Landscapes 

  

Part 4: Geologic Time  

18. Interpreting Geologic History: What Happened, and When Did it Happen?  

19. Looking to the Future: How Will Humans Be Affected by Changes in the Earth System?