Authors: James F. Luhr (Editor), Smithsonian Institution Staff
ISBN-13: 9780756633325, ISBN-10: 075663332X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.
Date Published: September 2007
Edition: Reprint
Here is a spectacular, thought-provoking, and highly informative guide to the fascinating story of the Earth. Full-color photography of geological equipment, rocks, minerals, and 3-D models reveals the ideas and discoveries that have changed our understanding of the world in which we live.
If I were in grades two to five and needed to do a report on one of the planets, I hope my teacher or librarian would point me to the "Exploring Planets" series. The books were developed using the National Science Education Standards, and the quality shows. This title flows well, with one concept and almost always an excellent photograph gracing each page. There are dozens of interesting facts about Earthits surface is three-fourths water, it spins on its axis at more than 1,000 miles per hourand about those who continue to research it. There is information on how to use the Internet for additional research, a science experiment, glossary, an index, a quiz and a table comparing the features of all nine planets. This is a book, and series, well worth adding to your science-focused bookshelf. 2004, Weigl Publishers Inc, Ages 7 to 11.
What makes up the Earth? | 6 | |
Early ideas about the Earth | 8 | |
A cocoon of gas | 10 | |
Climate in the past | 12 | |
Watery planet | 14 | |
The properties of water | 16 | |
Realms of ice | 18 | |
The building blocks | 20 | |
Investigating rocks | 22 | |
Igneous rocks | 24 | |
Sedimentary rocks | 26 | |
Metamorphic rocks | 28 | |
The challenge of the ocean | 30 | |
Modern oceanography | 32 | |
Continental drift | 34 | |
Plate tectonics | 36 | |
The formation of the ocean floor | 38 | |
Exploring the interior | 40 | |
Earthquakes and seismology | 42 | |
Volcanology | 44 | |
Mountain building | 46 | |
Plateaus and rifts | 48 | |
Weathering processes | 50 | |
Life from rock | 52 | |
Erosion | 54 | |
Deposition | 56 | |
Glaciation | 58 | |
The age of the Earth | 60 | |
Naming the Earth | 62 | |
Index | 64 |