Exploring Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology (2nd Edition)

By employing plate tectonics as its central and unifying theme, Exploring Earth takes an innovative, integrative, and process-oriented approach in presenting the traditional breadth of physical geology topics.

Exploring Earth features:

• Clear, precise prose that renders understandable even the most complex concepts.
• An exceptional art program developed by the authors.
• Engaging "Focus On" essays that tie the theory to our daily lives.
• Unique student-friendly teaching strategies (Speed Bumps, critical thinking questions, and quantitative questions) that promote understanding over memorization.

Exploring Earth Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/davidson). This innovative on-line study guide is tied chapter-by-chapter to the text and includes:

• Automatically graded, reportable review quizzes
• Short Answer Questions
• Critical Thinking Questions
• Annotated links to the best geology sites on the Web

Student Study Guide
This guide helps to reinforce materials covered in the textbook and includes:

• Introduction
• Objectives
• Key Terms
• Study Questions

Ask your bookstore to order a copy far you using ISBN 0-13-018480-2.