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1) Earth
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Explores the secrets of the Earth, answering questions about the what lies beneath the Earth's crust, why sea water is salty, what the ocean floor looks like, why Africa is splitting apart, and other topics.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"The third edition of this popular guide is now even better--it's full color. Colorado's multihued rocks--from white and red sandstones to green shales and pink granites--are vividly splashed across the pages in stunning color photographs. Detailed color maps and diagrams clearly distill the state's complex bedrock geology. Updated text includes information about new discoveries, such as the mastodons and other Pleistocene fossils found at Snowmass,...
9) Tornadoes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
With winds that can reach speeds of three hundred miles an hour and funnel clouds that can measure a mile in diameter, tornadoes leave enormous damage in their wake. Now Seymour Simon examines these twisting columns of air and destruction. Simon explains how tornadoes are formed, why and when they are most likely to occur, how scientists classify and track them -- and what to do if one touches down. Full-color photographs show this powerful phenomenon...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 13
Description
September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau, failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged by a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over 6,000 people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in...
17) The Beach
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Learn the names of all the things that make a day at the beach so much fun!
19) Too Much Mud
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
What do you end up with when snow begins to melt each spring? Explore the hassles of having mud everywhere!
20) Big Storms
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Are you a weather watcher? This book helps name and describe different kinds of storms that come our way.