The tools that you'll find on our site include:

• ON-LINE QUIZZES   Understanding the Concepts will help you test your fundamental comprehension of the terms and concepts presented in that chapter. The Applying the Concepts quizzes ask you to critically apply that understanding to more challenging questions. The on-line quizzes are automatically graded and the Results Reporter provides a coaching comment for each question, tying it back to specific pages in Introduction to Environmental Geology so you are never more than a step away from a more detailed explanation. Grades can also be submitted to your instructor via e-mail.

• WRITING EXERCISES   The Web Essays pose thoughtful questions that ask you to apply your understanding of geology to situations you may encounter outside of the classroom and lab--in your community or in the news. Your short answer or essay responses can be submitted to your instructor via e-mail. At least one Web Essay per chapter asks you to link to a specific site to do your research.

• WEB LINKS   Accurate and dependable links to the best geology sites on the Web. Researched and annotated by geology instructors and organized by topic and chapter, the Destinations give you a running head start on research and exploration outside the book, lecture hall, and lab.

• NET SEARCH   A list of key terms compiled from Introduction to Environmental Geology and, at your command, automatically linked to the best Web search engines to speed you along in your research.

  To begin, use the list below or the Jump To menu above to select a chapter.

  1. Philosophy and Fundamental Concepts
  2. Internal Structure of Earth and Plate Techtonics
  3. Minerals and Rocks
  4. Introduction to Natural Hazards
  5. Earthquakes and Related Phenomena
  6. Volcanic Activity
  7. Rivers and Flooding
  8. Slope Processes, Landslides, and Subsidence
  9. Coastal Processes
  10. Water Resources
  11. Water Pollution
  12. Mineral Resources
  13. Energy Resources
  14. Soils and Environment
  15. Air Pollution
  16. Global Climate Change
  17. Geology, Society, and the Future: Select Examples