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Earth mysteries revealed /

by Bow, James.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Mysteries revealed. Publisher: New York, NY : Crabtree Pub. Co., c2010Description: 32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780778774136 (lib. bdg.) :; 9780778774280 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Earth sciences | Earth
Contents:
Introduction--How did Earth form from a cloud of dust?--Were the oceans made from rain?--Why is the center of the Earth metal?--What makes the northern lights glow?--Where did all the air come from?--Why does the weather always keep changing?--What is pushing the wind?--Where does the electricity in lightening come from?--Why is it night all winterlong at the North Pole?--Why do sunsets look orange and red?--When do volcanoes blow their tops?--How can an earthquake turn dry ground into deadly quicksand?--Could the lost city of Atlantis have been destroyed by a volcano?--Why can't I sink in the Dead Sea?--Why is the Atlantic Ocean getting wider?--What makes Earth the only planet with life?--How is life on Earth fueled by the sun?--How do bacteria live in deep rocks?--What living things can you see from space?--Where else in the solar system might life exist?--Earth facts--Find out more--Glossary--Index.
Summary: Explains how our planet is put together and answers many Earth mysteries.
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Includes index.

Introduction--How did Earth form from a cloud of dust?--Were the oceans made from rain?--Why is the center of the Earth metal?--What makes the northern lights glow?--Where did all the air come from?--Why does the weather always keep changing?--What is pushing the wind?--Where does the electricity in lightening come from?--Why is it night all winterlong at the North Pole?--Why do sunsets look orange and red?--When do volcanoes blow their tops?--How can an earthquake turn dry ground into deadly quicksand?--Could the lost city of Atlantis have been destroyed by a volcano?--Why can't I sink in the Dead Sea?--Why is the Atlantic Ocean getting wider?--What makes Earth the only planet with life?--How is life on Earth fueled by the sun?--How do bacteria live in deep rocks?--What living things can you see from space?--Where else in the solar system might life exist?--Earth facts--Find out more--Glossary--Index.

Explains how our planet is put together and answers many Earth mysteries.

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