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CHAPTER OUTLINE
Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle 298
s Volcanoes
s Earthquakes
s The Rock Cycle
Economic Geology: Useful Minerals 302
s Minerals: An Economic Perspective
s How Minerals Are Extracted and Processed
Environmental Implications of Mineral Use 306
s Mining and the Environment
■ EnviroDiscovery: Not-so-Precious Gold
s Environmental Impacts of Refining Minerals
s Restoration of Mining Lands
Soil Properties and Processes 309
s Soil Formation and Composition
■ What a Scientist Sees: Soil Profile
s Soil Organisms
Soil Problems and Conservation 312
s Soil Erosion
s Soil Pollution
s Soil Conservation and Regeneration
■ Environmental InSight: Soil Conservation
■ Case Study: Coping with “Conflict Minerals”
CHAPTER PLANNER✓✓
❑ Study the picture and read the opening story
❑ Scan the Learning Objectives in each section:
p. 298 ❑ p. 302 ❑ p. 306 ❑ p. 309 ❑ p. 312 ❑
❑ Read the text and study all figures and visuals.
Answer any questions.Analyze key features
❑ Process Diagram, p. 301
❑ EnviroDiscovery, p. 307
❑ What a Scientist Sees, p. 310
❑ Environmental InSight, p. 315
❑ Case Study, p. 317
❑ Stop: Answer the Concept Checks before
you go on:
p. 301 ❑ p. 305 ❑ p. 308 ❑ p. 312 ❑ p. 316 ❑End of Chapter
❑ Review the Summary and Key Terms.
❑ Answer What is happening in this picture?
❑ Answer the Critical and Creative Thinking Questions.