Catalog Search Results
2) Fault lines & tectonic plates: discover what happens when the earth's crust moves, with 25 projects
Author
Language
English
Description
Learn about earthquakes and volcanoes and how the earth's surface is always changing.
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
80 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses plate tectonics, the theory that the surface of the earth is always moving, and the connection of this phenomenon to earthquakes and volcanoes.
Author
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
80 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the development of geological theory from the ancient Greek philosophers to the discovery of plate tectonics, which explains the forming of geological structures.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains what continental drift is and describes how the movement of continental plates creates earthquakes and volcanoes.
10) Volcanos!
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021].
Physical Desc
32 pages
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction primer on all thing volcanos, including the different types of volcanos, the work of volcanologists, and more"--
Publisher
World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 780L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Introduction to Earth's continents using simple text, illustrations, and photos. Features include puzzles and games, fun facts, a resource list, and an index"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
pages cm.
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.
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The theory of plate tectonics transformed earth science. The hypothesis that the earth's outermost layers consist of mostly rigid plates that move over an inner surface helped describe the growth of new seafloor, confirm continental drift, and explain why earthquakes and volcanoes occur in some places and not others. Lynn R. Sykes played a key role in the birth of plate tectonics, conducting revelatory research on earthquakes. In this book, he gives...
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book, Inc., a Scott Fetzer company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1070L
Physical Desc
40 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A volume covering three of Earth's major landforms: the Grand Canyon in the United States, the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, and the Great African Rift in eastern Africa"--
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request