Topic: Earth System, Structure, and Processes
What are fossils and what can they tell us about Earth's past? Do all deserts around the world look alike? What are the impacts of erosion on Earth's surface? What is plate tectonics? Can we predict when an earthquake will occur? Why are some volcanoes on Hawaiʻi dormant while others are active? Explore these questions and more in this collection of Earth System Structure and Processes resources.
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In this KET video from Common Ground and Cleaner Water, Tribby Vice, a Kentucky farmer, talks about the changes he has made on his farm to protect the water quality of the stream running through his property and the watershed in which he lives.
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- Biogeochemical Cycles (20 resources)
- Changes in the Earth (36)
- Earth Components (17)
- Earth's History (45)
- Energy in the Earth System (16)
- Internal Earth Processes (57)
- Natural Resources (62)
- Properties of Earth Materials (10)
- The Rock Cycle (9)
- Soil Structure and Formation (16)
- Surface Processes (91)
- Plate Tectonics
- Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!
- Alaska Native Ways of Knowing
- Seasons on Earth
- The Scientific Process
- Performing Well Under Pressure
- As the Rotor Turns: Wind Power and You
- You’re As Cold As Ice!
- Your Own Backyard
- Earthquakes
- Volcanoes
- Recycling and Composting
- Natural Hazards
- Fun with Fossils
- Careers in Science
- Stressed Out!
- Breaking it Down - Weathering and Erosion
- Exploring Environmental Change
- The Effects of Global Warming in Alaska