Earth Mysteries Revealed

by Bow, James

• ISBN13: 9780778774280
• ISBN10: 0778774287
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-15
• Publisher: Crabtree Pub Co

Summary

Earth Mysteries Revealed answers the questions to mysteries such as: why is the only life we know of found on Earth; was the Moon once a part of Earth's rocks; why is it night all winter in the Arctic; and was there really an ancient city that was destroyed by a volcano and tsunami?

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 4
How did Earth form from a cloud of dust?	p. 6
Were the oceans made from rain?	p. 8
Why is the center of Earth metal?	p. 9
What makes the northern lights glow?	p. 10
Where did all the air come from?	p. 11
Why does the weather always keep changing?	p. 12
What is pushing the wind?	p. 14
Where does the electricity in lightning come from?	p. 15
Why is it night all winterlong at the North Pole?	p. 16
Why do sunsets look orange and red?	p. 17
When do volcanoes blow their tops?	p. 18
How can an earthquake turn dry ground into deadly quicksand?	p. 20
Could the lost city of Atlantis have been destroyed by a volcano?	p. 21
Why can't I sink in the Dead Sea?	p. 22
Why is the Atlantic Ocean getting wider?	p. 23
What makes Earth the only planet with life?	p. 24
How is life on Earth fueled by the Sun?	p. 26
How do bacteria live in deep rocks?	p. 27
What living things can you see from space?	p. 28
Where else in the solar system might life exist?	p. 29
Earth Facts	p. 30
Find Out More	p. 30
Glossary	p. 31
Index	p. 32
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