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Unit I: Earth and Its Environment
Unit II: Living at Earth System Interfaces
Unit III: Living with a Dynamic Earth
Unit IV: Depending on the Earth

Multnomah Falls is a waterfall on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge.

© Larry Fellows, Arizona Geological Survey

Unit I: Earth and Its Environments

Chapter 1. Earth's Systems
Chapter 2. Ecology
Chapter 3. Populations
Chapter 4. Environmental Change

Emperor Penguins on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

© Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics

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Unit II. Living at Earth System Interfaces

California's Big Sur country the pounding Pacific waves are pounding the beach.

© Michael Collier

Chapter 5. Coasts
Chapter 6. Watersheds
Chapter 7. Weather and Storms
Chapter 8. Urban Environments

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Unit III. Living with a Dynamic Earth

Chapter 9. Landforms and Environments
Chapter 10. Volcanoes
Chapter 11. Earthquakes
Chapter 12. Unstable Land

Road was so disruption from the 1992 Landers earthquake.

© Michael Collier

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Unit IV. Depending on the Earth

imber framing and water discharge at portal of Capital Mine.

© Stuart Jennings, Montana State

Chapter 13. Using Earth's Water
Chapter 14. Using Earth's Soil
Chapter 15. Using Earth's Energy
Chapter 16. Using Earth's Minerals
Chapter 17. Conclusion

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