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2) Fault lines & tectonic plates: discover what happens when the earth's crust moves, with 25 projects
Author
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Learn about earthquakes and volcanoes and how the earth's surface is always changing.
3) Volcanoes
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction primer on all thing volcanoes, including the different types of volcanoes, the work of volcanologists, and more"--
Author
Publisher
Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The ground beneath our feet feels sturdy and still, but Earth is actually covered in moving plates. These large plates make up the outer layer of Earth's surface and sit on top of another layer made up of molten rock. Borders between two plates are often the site of earthquakes and volcanoes. The plates can slide against each other, crash into each other, move apart, and even create mountains. There is so much to learn about what's going on beneath...
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Journey in time to the erupting volcanoes that created Earth's crust, to the depths of the ocean that housed the first complex creatures, through devastating ice ages, and finally to the future, when life on Earth comes to an end.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
About earth movement and plate tectonics, and the possibility of earthquakes at the Cascadia Subduction Zone, an area between British Columbia and northern California.
No one ever thought the Pacific Northwest was due for an earthquake, let alone a catastrophic one. But geologists are transforming our understanding of the grave dangers the population in the region of Cascadia facewill there be a big one? And what can be done to save lives? America's...
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