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Part I. Earth's Energy, Climate and Ocean Systems:
1. Mapping our course of study;
2. An overview of planet Earth: some geographic observations about Earth;
3. The Sun-Earth energy system: fuel for a planet;
4. Earth's radiation and heat systems over land and water;
5. The great systems of global air and ocean circulation;
6. Atmospheric moisture, precipitation and weather systems;
7. Modern climate types and patterns;
8. Climate change, past, present, and future;
Part II. Earth's Life Support Systems:
9. Earth as an ecosystem: energy, food, and life;
10. Biogeography: geographic distribution of plant and animal types;
11. Human origins, diffusion, and the alteration of natural landscapes;
12. Soil system, processes, and formation;
13. Soil types, distribution, and land use relations;
Part III. Earth's Water Systems:
14. The global water system;
15. Runoff, streamflow, and watersheds;
16. Groundwater systems, lakes, and water resources;
Part IV. Earth's Rock and Mountain Systems:
17. Earth's internal system: heat, convection, rocks and the planet's skin;
18. The formation and geographic organization of the continents and ocean basins;
19. Mountain systems, earthquakes, and volcanoes;
Part V. Earth's Erosional and Landform Systems:
20. Geomorphic systems: rock weathering, hillslope processes, and slope formation;
21. Stream systems, valley formation, and fluvial landscapes;
22. Coastal systems: waves, currents, and landforms;
23. Glacial systems: growth, motion, and work of glacial ice;
24. Wind systems: sand dunes, dust, and deserts.