PLANET EARTH - The Incredible Visual Guide Part 5 doc

... have a wet climate. Sand laid down on the slope of an ancient dune US_ 054 _ 055 _WD207.indd 54 9/1/09 17:16 :52 052 _ 053 _WD207.indd 53 27/11/08 16:07:42 53 5 INTERPRETATION Most fossils are just ... metamorphic rocks. These may then partially melt to produce magma that becomes granite. US_ 058 _ 059 _WD207.indd 59 9/1/09 17:20:18 050 _ 051 _WD207.indd 51 27/11/08 16:08:16...

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... kept the planet warm enough for rivers of water to ow on the surface. Nearly all the water on Mars has now turned to ice. 6 EARTH The largest of the rocky inner planets, Earth is the only ... tides Atmosphere 84 Weather 86 Clouds 88 Extreme weather 90 Climates 92 4 5 US_004_0 05_ WD207_Prelims.indd 5 9/1/09 16:39:20 006_007_WD207.indd 7 5/ 1/09 10:40 :56 Planet...

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... analyzed the surface conditions, gathered images, and beamed the data back to Earth. The information they collected was vital to the safety of the rst astronauts to visit the Moon in the late ... and rock in the region of the galaxy where the Sun was born. As the pieces of dust and rock orbited the star, they were pulled together by their own gravity, and the...

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... seconds. EARTHQU AKE CITY  The city of San Francisco lies at the northern end of the San Andreas Fault, and suers regular earth tremors. The last earthquake struck in 1989, destroying part of the ... radiate from the epicenter in the same way as the shock of an explosion radiates through the air, and can be just as destructive. The farther the waves travel,...

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... 044_0 45_ WD207.indd 45 27/11/08 16:01: 15 45  VOLCANIC PLUGS The magma chambers that lie beneath volcanoes can harden in the same way as granite batholiths when the volcanoes are extinct. If the ... into ne-grained rhyolite. The only dierence between the two rocks is their crystal size. In the same way, basalt that cools deep in the crust forms a coarse-grained ro...

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... deep I c e - s c o u r e d r o c k , C a n a d a M i l f o r d S o u n d , N e w Z e a l a n d 2 G l a c i a l v a l l e y , N o r w a y US_074_0 75_ WD207_Ice.indd 74 9/1/09 17: 25: 50 064_0 65_ WD207_Water_Ice.indd 64 12/12/08 09 :57 :48 64 The feature of planet Earth that makes it so special is liquid water the substance that ... whole weather machine of our planet. US_064_0...

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... blue. 4 5 6 US_076_077_WD207.indd 77 9/1/09 17: 25: 55 084_0 85_ WD207.indd 85 5/12/08 14:30 :58 85  OXYGEN Almost all living organisms depend on oxygen for survival, yet it was not part of Earth s ... around the planet. The outer atmospheric layers are invisible, because the air in them is so thin. Clouds rise to the top of the troposphere, but no farther, so all...

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... sk ull M e s o z o i c 2 5 0 – 6 5 m i ll i o n y e a r s a g o C e n o z o i c 6 5 – 0 m i l l i o n y e a r s a g o Dragony DNA US_096_097_WD207.indd 97 9/1/09 17:34 :54 094_0 95_ WD207.indd 95 16/12/08 16: 45: 47 Life zones 95 US_094_0 95_ WD207.indd 95 9/1/09 17:34:10 098_099_WD207.indd 99 16/12/08 16 :55 :23 99 Hawnch Buttery Siphonophore Starsh Golden ... ocean. The cli...

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... covers 75, 000 sq miles (1 95, 000 sq km), making it the largest wetland in the world. The whole area becomes a habitat for aquatic animals, such as these spectacled caymans, the anaconda the world’s ... intercept all the rain carried on prevailing winds. In South America, the Andes strip the moisture from winds blowing o the Pacic, and the lands in the “rain...

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... 65, 66, 68–69, 122 underground 78–79 valleys and gorges 70–71 roads 118, 119, 122 rock 75, 94– 95 cycle 58 59 igneous 42–43 metamorphic 56 57 Moon rock 14 sedimentary 50 51 strata 54 55 weathering ... 20, 80–81 seasons 92 seawater 65, 80 sediment 50 , 54 , 59 , 71, 76 transportation and deposition 48–49 sedimentary rocks 50 51 , 54 , 59 seismograph 28 shale 50 , 57 , 59...

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