| Description |
viii, 239 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
About This Book -- What is Earth Science? -- Chapter 1. A Short History of the Earth -- Chapter 2. A Variable Earth -- Chapter 3. Rocks -- Chapter 4. Weathering and Erosion -- Chapter 5. Water -- Chapter 6. Weather -- Chapter 7. The Oceans -- Chapter 8. Climate Change -- List of Projects -- List of References -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Index |
| Summary |
Find out where rain comes from and what geysers look like! Read about soil becoming too salty and why greenhouse gases are increasing. Did you know that fog is a cloud sitting on the ground and that ice can tell you about the environment of millions of years ago? And what is lightning anyway? This book is full of fantastic photos and fascinating information that help explain different aspects of earth science - a science that discovered how old the Earth is, what fossils tell us, how mountains were created, what causes earthquakes, what the difference between weather and climate is, nd why glaciers are melting. These questions and many more are answered in 'Australian Backyard Earth Scientist.' There are projects, as well, that you can do at home - like making your own fossils, collecting cloud types, and using tree rings to find out about past weather. This book is about earth science: it covers geology; climate and climate change; landforms; volcanoes and earthquakes; igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks; fossils; weathering and erosion; the water cycle; the oceans. Each chapter includes Did You Knows, projects kids can do and A Closer Look (extra information about specific things) |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-228) and index |
| Audience |
For children |
| Notes |
© National Library of Australia 2019 |
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Text © Peter Macinnis |
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Recipient of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) award for Notable Australian Children's Books, 2020 (Eve Pownall Award) |
| Subject |
Landforms
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Paleontology
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Ocean
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Hydrologic cycle
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Erosion
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Earthquakes
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Volcanoes
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Climatic changes
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Climatology
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Geology
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Weather
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Earth sciences -- Juvenile literature
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works.
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Informational works.
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| Author |
Flowers, Tony, illustrator
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| LC no. |
jb2020235013 |
| ISBN |
9780642279347 (paperback) |
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0642279349 (paperback) |
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