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A Living Planet
Chapter 2
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Solar System
• Sun• Planets• Other celestial
bodies
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Biosphere
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
CAPE COD, MA
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Pangea
Million years ago
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Oceans and Seas
Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Maine Coastline
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Lakes Lake Baikal, Russia
Flaming Gorge,
Utah
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Landforms Grand Canyon (eastern rim)
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Mount Kilimanjaro, TanzaniaLandforms
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Landforms Angel Falls in Canaima
National Park, Venezuela
Macchu Pichu (Andes Mountains),
Peru
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Plate Tectonics
Pangea (animated)
hyperlink
Pangea-to-Today Million years ago
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EarthquakesEarthquakes
Video
Parkfield (1 min)
After 1906 Earthquake
(46 min)
Recent Earthquake Map Animations - U.S.
San Andreas Fault
National Geographic Earthquake (2.5 min)
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Volcanoes
• Volcanic Action• Ring of Fire
National Geographic Volcano (3 min)
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Weathering (mechanical)
Mud Slide Avalanche
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Weathering (mechanical)
Sand Storm Hurricane
Daily Breeze
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Weathering (chemical)
Acid Rain
Rust
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Erosion
Colorado River
Arches National Park, Utah
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Erosion
Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park. These hills and valleys were sculpted by glacial erosion. The pond was dammed behind a moraine ridge during retreat of the ice sheet.
Glaciers hyperlink
Glacial Erosion
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Erosion
Man-made dune nearly eroded by wind and weather (Outer Banks, North Carolina)
Fossil Creek – Ft. Worth
South of Zio’s at Western Center Blvd.
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Conclusion
• Structure of the Earth
• Bodies of Water and Landforms
• Internal Forces Shaping the Earth
• External Forces Shaping the Earth