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Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgments
About BCcampus Open Education
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1
Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Human Body — Anatomy and Physiology
Introduction — Anatomy and Physiology
1.1 Overview of Anatomy and Physiology — Anatomy and Physiology
1.2 Structural Organization of the Human Body — Anatomy and Physiology
1.3 Functions of Human Life — Anatomy and Physiology
1.4 Requirements for Human Life — Anatomy and Physiology
1.5 Homeostasis — Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 2. The Chemical Level of Organization — Anatomy and Physiology
2.1 Elements and Atoms: the Building Blocks of Matter — Anatomy and Physiology
2.2 Chemical Bonds — Anatomy and Physiology
2.3 Chemical Reactions — Anatomy and Physiology
2.4 Inorganic Compounds Essential to Human Functioning — Anatomy and Physiology
2.5 Organic Compounds Essential to Human Functioning — Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 3. The Cellular Level of Organization — Anatomy and Physiology
3.1 The Cell Membrane — Anatomy and Physiology
3.2 The Cytoplasm and Cellular Organelles — Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 6. Bone Tissue and the Skeletal System — Anatomy and Physiology
6.1 The Functions of the Skeletal System — Anatomy and Physiology
6.2 Bone Classification — Anatomy and Physiology
6.3 Bone Structure — Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 10. Muscle Tissue — Anatomy and Physiology
10.1 Overview of Muscle Tissues — Anatomy and Physiology
10.2 Skeletal Muscle — Anatomy and Physiology
10.3 Muscle Fiber Contraction and Relaxation — Anatomy and Physiology
10.4 Nervous System Control of Muscle Tension — Anatomy and Physiology
10.5 Types of Muscle Fibers — Anatomy and Physiology
10.6 Exercise and Muscle Performance — Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 11. The Muscular System — Anatomy and Physiology
11.1 Interactions of Skeletal Muscles, Their Fascicle Arrangement, and Their Lever Systems — Anatomy and Physiology
Cover — Anatomy and Physiology
Title Page — Anatomy and Physiology
Copyright — Anatomy and Physiology
Table Of Contents — Anatomy and Physiology
About this Book — Anatomy and Physiology
Preface — Anatomy and Physiology
1.1 What Is Geology?
1.2 Why Study Earth?
1.3 What Do Geologists Do?
1.4 Minerals and Rocks
1.5 Fundamentals of Plate Tectonics
1.6 Geological Time
Chapter 1 Summary
2.1 Electrons, Protons, Neutrons, and Atoms
2.2 Bonding and Lattices
2.3 Mineral Groups
2.4 Silicate Minerals
2.5 Formation of Minerals
2.6 Mineral Properties
Chapter 2 Summary
3.1 The Rock Cycle
3.2 Magma and Magma Formation
3.3 Crystallization of Magma
3.4 Classification of Igneous Rocks
3.5 Intrusive Igneous Bodies
Chapter 3 Summary
4.1 Plate Tectonics and Volcanism
4.2 Magma Composition and Eruption Style
4.3 Types of Volcanoes
4.4 Volcanic Hazards
4.5 Monitoring Volcanoes and Predicting Eruptions
4.6 Volcanoes in British Columbia
Chapter 4 Summary
5.1 Mechanical Weathering
5.2 Chemical Weathering
5.3 The Products of Weathering and Erosion
5.4 Weathering and the Formation of Soil
5.5 The Soils of Canada
5.6 Weathering and Climate Change
Chapter 5 Summary
6.1 Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
6.2 Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
6.3 Depositional Environments and Sedimentary Basins
6.4 Sedimentary Structures and Fossils
6.5 Groups, Formations, and Members
Chapter 6 Summary
7.1 Controls over Metamorphic Processes
7.2 Classification of Metamorphic Rocks
7.3 Plate Tectonics and Metamorphism
7.4 Regional Metamorphism
7.5 Contact Metamorphism and Hydrothermal Processes
Chapter 7 Summary
8.1 The Geological Time Scale
8.2 Relative Dating Methods
8.3 Dating Rocks Using Fossils
8.4 Isotopic Dating Methods
8.5 Other Dating Methods
8.6 Understanding Geological Time
Chapter 8 Summary
9.1 Understanding Earth through Seismology
9.2 The Temperature of Earth’s Interior
9.3 Earth’s Magnetic Field
9.4 Isostasy
Chapter 9 Summary
10.1 Alfred Wegener — the Father of Plate Tectonics
10.2 Global Geological Models of the Early 20th Century
10.3 Geological Renaissance of the Mid-20th Century
10.4 Plates, Plate Motions, and Plate-Boundary Processes
10.5 Mechanisms for Plate Motion
Chapter 10 Summary
11.1 What Is an Earthquake?
11.2 Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
11.3 Measuring Earthquakes
11.4 The Impacts of Earthquakes
11.5 Forecasting Earthquakes and Minimizing Damage and Casualties
Chapter 11 Summary
12.1 Stress and Strain
12.2 Folding
12.3 Fracturing and Faulting
12.4 Measuring Geological Structures
Chapter 12 Summary
13.1 The Hydrological Cycle
13.2 Drainage Basins
13.3 Stream Erosion and Deposition
13.4 Stream Types
13.5 Flooding
Chapter 13 Summary
14.1 Groundwater and Aquifers
14.2 Groundwater Flow
14.3 Groundwater Extraction
14.4 Groundwater Quality
Chapter 14 Summary
15.1 Factors That Control Slope Stability
15.2 Classification of Mass Wasting
15.3 Preventing, Delaying, Monitoring, and Mitigating Mass Wasting
Chapter 15 Summary
16.1 Glacial Periods in Earth’s History
16.2 How Glaciers Work
16.3 Glacial Erosion
16.4 Glacial Deposition
Chapter 16 Summary
17.1 Waves
17.2 Landforms of Coastal Erosion
17.3 Landforms of Coastal Deposition
17.4 Sea-Level Change
17.5 Human Interference with Shorelines
Chapter 17 Summary
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