There's no place like home -- Third rock from the sun -- A big blue marble in space -- How Earth moves -- Seasons -- Earth and the moon -- Composition of Earth -- Earth's spheres -- A giant magnet -- Auroras -- Earth's atmosphere -- Protective ozone -- Earth's weather -- A world of water -- Land ho! -- Earth rocks! -- Plate tectonics -- The ring of fire -- A world alive -- Biomes -- Deep time -- Life's beginnings -- Snowball Earth -- Mass extinctions -- Earth impact! -- Ice ages -- Studying Earth -- The Anthropocene.
Summary:
""Presents facts about the composition, surface, landforms, and atmosphere of Earth and features large illustrations and photographs."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
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