EarthJames F. Luhr In the best-selling tradition of Smithsonian Animal, this extraordinary survey of our planet provides unrivaled insight into the forces and processes that formed our environment and which continue to influence its evolution. With thousands of breathtaking photographs and unique visual catalogues of the features and phenomena that take place on Earth--such as rocks, minerals, and mountains to tropical rainforests and the different types of clouds--Earth contains the most up-to-date ideas on how our world works, a compelling review on the health of the planet, and unbelievable images of the world's most stunning features. |
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... plants ( angiosperms ) evolved through the Cretaceous . They combined a number of features found in other plants of the Mesozoic , such SURVIVING CYCADS The few living cycads are survivors of a far larger group of seed - bearing plants ...
... plants ( angiosperms ) evolved through the Cretaceous . They combined a number of features found in other plants of the Mesozoic , such SURVIVING CYCADS The few living cycads are survivors of a far larger group of seed - bearing plants ...
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... plant tissues CO2 released by CO2 released CO2 released by combustion chimneys animals eat plants . or other animals ( or both ) , storing carbon in their tissues coal mine coal includes carbon derived from organic remains animal ...
... plant tissues CO2 released by CO2 released CO2 released by combustion chimneys animals eat plants . or other animals ( or both ) , storing carbon in their tissues coal mine coal includes carbon derived from organic remains animal ...
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... plants often display features shared by desert plants , such as a thick cuticle and narrow leaves . Salt water is not easily absorbed by plants ( as salt solutions tend to draw water out of plant tissues by osmosis ) , so many salt - marsh ...
... plants often display features shared by desert plants , such as a thick cuticle and narrow leaves . Salt water is not easily absorbed by plants ( as salt solutions tend to draw water out of plant tissues by osmosis ) , so many salt - marsh ...
Contents
MANAGING EDITOR Amanda Lebentz | 6 |
THE EARTH IN SPACE | 43 |
THE ANATOMY OF THE EARTH | 53 |
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Africa Antarctica Arctic Asia ATLANTIC OCEAN atmosphere Australia basaltic Basin boundary calcite carbon cave China climate cloud coast COLOR COMPOSITION contain continental cool coral Corbis crater crust CRYSTAL SYSTEM deep deposits desert Earth Earth's surface earthquake east erosion eruptions Europe evaporation fault flows forest fossil glacier glacier TERMINUS grains grasslands Gulf heat ice sheet igneous rocks impact intrusions island Lake land landscape largest lava layers limestone LOCATION magma mantle MAXIMUM DEPTH metamorphic meteorite million square km million years ago minerals mountains North America northern northwest occurs oceanic crust PACIFIC OCEAN Pacific Plate percent plants Plateau produce pyroclastic flows rain rainfall rainforest range reefs region ridges Rift rise river sand sea level sediment sedimentary rocks soil solar South southeast southern species square miles Stratovolcano streams subduction tectonic plates temperature trees tropical TYPE valley volcanic warm weathering wetlands wind world's zone