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Acknowledgments | 10 | (2) | |||
Preface: Earth: Inside and Out | 12 | (4) | |||
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Section One: How Has the Earth Evolved? | |||||
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Section Two: How Do Scientists Explore the Inner Earth? | |||||
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Section Three: Plate Tectonics in Action | |||||
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Section Four: How Do Scientists Read the Rocks? | |||||
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Section Five: What Causes Climate and Climate Change? | |||||
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Section Six: Why Is the Earth Habitable? | |||||
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About the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth | 207 | (7) | |||
Resources | 214 | (3) | |||
About the American Museum of Natural History | 217 | (1) | |||
Contributors | 218 | (5) | |||
Credits | 223 | (3) | |||
Glossary | 226 | (11) | |||
Questions | 237 |
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