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Groundwater and Glaciers Shape Land

Groundwater and Glaciers Shape Land

Water shapes the land not only from rivers and rain, but from below the surface and from slow-moving rivers of ice. Groundwater and glaciers are two quiet but powerful forces that carve caves, feed wells, and sculpt mountains. Understanding them rounds out how water changes Earth’s surface. This lesson covers groundwater and how glaciers shape […]

Climate, Greenhouse Gases, and Ozone

Climate, Greenhouse Gases, and Ozone

Climate is the big-picture pattern of weather over long stretches of time, and it is shaped by gases in the atmosphere. Two of the most talked-about topics in science, the greenhouse effect and the ozone layer, both live here. Understanding them clearly, and keeping them separate, answers a common set of test questions. This lesson […]

Wind, Fronts, and Storms

Wind, Fronts, and Storms

Heating, Humidity, and Clouds

Heating, Humidity, and Clouds

The Atmosphere and Air Pressure

The Atmosphere and Air Pressure

Volcanoes, Mountains, and Changing Crust

Volcanoes, Mountains, and Changing Crust

Earthquakes, Faults, and Seismic Waves

Earthquakes, Faults, and Seismic Waves

Plate Boundaries: Pull Apart, Meet, or Slide Past

Plate Boundaries: Pull Apart, Meet, or Slide Past

Continental Drift, Plates, and the Evidence

Continental Drift, Plates, and the Evidence

The Rock Cycle, Weathering, Erosion, and Geologic Time

The Rock Cycle, Weathering, Erosion, and Geologic Time

Minerals and Their Identification

Minerals and Their Identification

Earth Systems and Internal Layers

Earth Systems and Internal Layers