Is the Bermuda Triangle really a dangerous place?
Subtitle: and other questions about the ocean
By: Melissa Stewart ; illustrations by Colin W. Thompson
Contributors: Thompson, Colin W., ill
Series: Is that a fact?
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780761360971
Subjects: Miscellanea; Juvenile literature; Ocean
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 39) and index.
Table of contents: title: Do the world's oceans really contain 10 million tons of gold?; title: Is it true that swallowing ocean water can kill you?; title: Do giant beasts with long, waving tentacles and eyes as large as dinner plates really live in the ocean?; title: Is it true that there's a mass of plastic as large as Texas floating in the Pacific Ocean?; title: Are blue whales really the loudest animals on Earth?; title: Is it true that the world's tallest mountain is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean?; title: Does the moon really control the ocean's tides?; title: Is it true that coral reefs take thousands of years to form?; title: Is the Bermuda Triangle really a dangerous place?; title: Is it true that a sea jelly doesn't have a brain?; title: Does half of all the volcanic activity on Earth really occur in the ocean?; title: Is it true that sharks can smell blood in ocean water from more than a mile away?; title: Is it really easier to float in the ocean than in a lake?; title: Is it true that 97 percent of our planet's water is in the ocean?; title: Are there really sea dragons in the ocean?; title: Is it true that scientists have explored less than half of the ocean's total area?; title: Do the world's oldest animals really live in the ocean?