Earth's changing surface. Student reference book
(2011, original release: 2005)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/551/EARTH'S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Chicago Science Group : [Chicago Educational Publishing Company, LLC], 2011
©2005
©2005
EDITION
2011 edition
DESCRIPTION
vi, 170 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm
ISBN/ISSN
1591923980, 9781591923985
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Statements of responsibility from t.p. verso and publisher's website
"Science Companion."
Includes index
CONTENTS
Landscapes, landforms, and time --
Science of geology --
Rocks change and move --
Path of a river --
Rivers shape the land --
Waves shape the shoreline --
A brief guide to rocks --
Glaciers--how ice shapes the surface of the earth --
Ice Ages --
Shaping rock --
Blowing in the wind --
Weathering breaks down rock --
Earth inside and out --
Mountains build up and break down --
Wonder of volcanoes --
A tour of desert landforms