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With fascinating experiments, models, and demonstrations, this scientific survey provides a vivid exploration of natural phenomena. Ideal for budding earth scientists, this in-depth resource demonstrates how to build a seismograph to record a simulated earthquake, compare pressure waves and shear waves the two types of ground shocks with a Slinky, and replicate a tsunamis destructive effect on a coastline built in a bathtub. The chapters answer questions...
3) Earthquakes
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Readers will learn why earthquakes happen, where they occur, and how they change land and affect communities. Simple, labeled diagrams illustrate elevated concepts, such as seismic waves. A Case Study chapter discusses the Haiti earthquake of 2010, while a map aids comprehension. The 2011 Japan earthquake is shown as well. Damage, safety methods, rescue missions, and measurement are also covered.
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"Offers answers to the most compelling questions about natural disasters and the earth's crust. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words"--
7) Earthquakes
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Discusses what an earthquake is, some major earthquakes in history, how quakes impact humans, and the science of measuring and predicting these disasters.
9) Earthquakes
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Examines the phenomenon of earthquakes, describing how and where they occur, how they can be predicted, and how much damage they can inflict.
10) Quakes!
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Examines earthquakes, what causes them and their results, and looks at some notable earthquakes.
12) Volcano
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Learn about the forces inside the Earth that cause volcanoes to erupt and earthquakes to shake the landscape.
13) Earthquakes
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Discusses earthquakes, including the causes, how to stay safe during one, where they happen most frequently, and what happens when an earthquake occurs.
14) Earthquakes
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Discusses why earthquakes happen, what their sometimes devastating effects can be, where the danger zones are, and what measures people can take to safeguard themselves.
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"Plates crash to the floor and dressers topple over as the earth rumbles beneath you. Earthquake! These deadly natural disasters can leave people trapped under tons of wreckage. Despite being buried alive, some people have overcome the odds and lived to tell the tale. These true stories detail the amazing events of people who have emerged from the rubble during an earthquake."--Back cover.
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005" Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders are the authors of Volcanoes in Human History. Zeilinga de Boer is the Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science at Wesleyan University. Sanders, a Wesleyan graduate and former geologist, is an independent science editor and writer.
On November 1, 1755--All Saints' Day--a massive earthquake struck Europe's Iberian Peninsula and destroyed...
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