Unit 1 Introduction to Earth Science
Passage A The Science of Geology
Reading Skills Vocabulary in Context
Passage B Earth System Science
Unit 2 Earth History and Life Evolution
Passage A Dating Rocks and Fossils Using Geologic Methods
Reading Skills Signpost Language (Reading Road Map)
Passage B Fossil Files--"The Palaeobiology Database
Unit 3 Plate Tectonics and Earth Structure
Passage A Continental Drift: an Idea Before Its Time
Reading Skills Signpost Language
Passage B Plate Tectonics
Unit 4 Mineral and Rock
Passage A Mineral
Reading Skills Examples as Contextual Clues
Passage B Classification of Rocks
Unit 5 Geomorphology and Geography
Passage A Geological Process--Weathering and Erosion
Reading Skills Recognising Differences Between Facts and Opinions
Passage B Disappearing Delta
Unit 6 Climate Change and Atmosphere
Passage A Effect of Climate Change
Reading Skills Guessing Meaning from Context
Passage B Sun's Fickle Heart May Leave Us Cold
Unit 7 Natural Resources and Environment Protection
Passage A Oil and Gas
Reading Skills Skimming and Scanning
Passage B Tidal Power
Unit 8 Geological Hazard
Passage A Tsunami
Reading Skills Understanding the Sentences with Negative Words
Passage B Earthquake
Glossary
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