Rocks & Minerals
Neil Morris$5.91
$6.95
The Wonders of our World Series offers young readers a lively and visually exciting introduction to the world around us and the forces at work shaping our planet and its future. Ten books in this series offer fascinating full-color photographs of examples from around the world to help illustrate:
-- the devastating impact volcanoes, extreme weather, and earthquakes can have
-- why the earth's forests and waterways are in danger of destruction
-- how the earth's powerful internal forces produce rocks and minerals from the ordinary to the dazzling
-- how mountains, deserts, and caves are formed
-- the devastating impact volcanoes, extreme weather, and earthquakes can have
-- why the earth's forests and waterways are in danger of destruction
-- how the earth's powerful internal forces produce rocks and minerals from the ordinary to the dazzling
-- how mountains, deserts, and caves are formed
Rocky cliffs at the seashore often reveal the geological processes at work creating rocks and minerals. Rocks and Minerals helps explain:
-- how erosion, sediment deposit, and underground pressure create rocks and minerals
-- fossils and gemstones
-- how the Grand Canyon was created
-- how metals are made from ore
-- what space rocks teach us
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Published: 06/01/1998
ISBN: 9780865058477
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 9.84h x 7.89w x 0.16d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 29916 / Rocks & Minerals
Reading Level: 5.8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 0.5