What Makes the World Go Round?

by Johnson, Jinny; Whitfield, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780805050868
• ISBN10: 0805050868
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co

Summary

Provides a comprehensive, fact-filled guide that answers more than one-hundred questions regarding the world, the planet, and its inhabitants, such as why tigers have stripes, what the biggest flower is, when life began, and more.

Table of Contents

Foreword	6	(2)
The World of the Past	8	(24)
How did life begin?
What are fossils?
What were the first forests like?
Were all dinosaurs big and fierce?
What were pterodactyls?
Why did the dinosaurs die out?
Did the first people look like us?
Where did the first humans live?
What were the first farmed animals?
And more than 25 other questions and answers on early life, dinosaurs, and the first humans.
The Living World	32	(58)
Do all birds sing?
How do whales breathe?
Why do tigers have stripes?
Which are the most dangerous animals?
Why do plants have flowers?
Where are the world's deserts?
What animals live in a rain forest?
What is tundra?
Why do creatures die out?
And more than 70 other questions and answers on Animals, Plants and natural habitats.
Our Earth	90	(50)
Are deserts always hot?
How are mountains made?
Why is the Earth round?
Why does the sea have tides?
Why do volcanoes erupt?
Where does the wind come from?
What makes lightning happen?
What causes an eclipse of the Sun?
Are there seasons in hot countries?
And more than 75 other questions and answers on the wonders of our planet.
Glossary	140	(2)
Index	142	(2)
Acknowledgments	144