Children's Encyclopedia of Earth

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Children's Encyclopedia of Earth
 

Packed with information, this encyclopedia aims primarily to supply high school students with the facts that will make their essays sparkle, but the book is so attractive, so tempting to the eye and mind, that it will appeal to all the family. Its eight sections use authoritative text, illustrated by photographs, maps and diagrams - all in full color - to cover:
Our place in space - Earth as a planet in the Solar System.
Earth's history - The evolution of plants and animals
Inside Earth - Earth's internal structure, plate tectonics, minerals, rocks, and fossils
Dynamic Earth - Volcanoes, earthquakes, geysers, glaciers, ice sheets, avalanches, landslides, and weathering
Oceans - Each of the oceans described in detail, currents, waves and tides, ocean life
Land - Mapping, continents, islands, ecosystems, biodiversity, and the global environment
Weather - World weather, climate zones, the weather engine, climate change
Earth's resources - Fossil fuels, solar and wind energy, and water power