Rock

Discusses features of rock including how it is manufactured and made into useful products that are used everyday.

Can it rain cats and dogs? : questions and answers about weather

This book will answer children's questions about weather as it explores the basics in beautifully illustrated sections on sun, air, and wind; rain, snow, and hail; and wild weather like hurricanes and tornadoes. The questions and answers should help to appease even the most curious child's need to know why the weather keeps changing, what happens to puddles after it rains, if you can smell the …

Tambora : a killer volcano from Indonesia

The power of a volcanic eruption is one of nature's most dangerous forces. From the beginning of recorded time, volcanoes have continually changed Earth's surface and weather patterns. Each of these books, which are written to accompany and enhance an earth science curriculum, describes the composition of planet Earth, the different types of volcanoes, and the geologic events that bring about a…

Erosion : changing Earth's surface

Did you know that rain, waves, wind, snow, and ice can change the shape of Earth’s surface? They can create valleys, sea stacks, caves, and rock arches. Learn about the natural forces of erosion and how they shape the land.

The Pacific Ocean

Describes the physical characteristics, plant and animal life, explorers, and environmental problems of the world's largest ocean, the Pacific and includes Internet links to web sites related to oceans.

Southern Ocean

Provides information about the newly delineated ocean that surrounds the continent of Antarctica.

Underwater exploration

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780531166840

Collation

78 pages : illustration ; 21 cm

Series Title

The reastless sea

Call Number

551.46 VOG

Oceans

Earth's oceans cover 70 per cent of its surface, and in this book you will find all you need to know about how they were formed and what they contain, the special characteristics of ocean wildlife both in shallow, sunlit water and in the dark depths, the effects of ocean currents, and how people use and abuse ocean resources. 'Location files' are mini case studies that focus on places with a pa…

Rocks and minerals

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

1561731072

Collation

44 pages : illustration ; 30 cm

Series Title

Discover

Call Number

552 ARE

Weather words and what they mean

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0590444085

Collation

32 pages : illustration : 20 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

551.6 GIB