Your guide to life on Earth
By: Gill Arbuthnott ; illustrated by Marc Mones
Contributors: Mones, Marc, illustrator
Series: Drawn to science : illustrated guides to key science concepts
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing; Crabtree Publishing Company
Published: 2016
Place of publication: St. Catharines, Ontario; New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780778722434; 9780778722519
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Life (Biology); Juvenile literature; Biology; Classification
Description: "What exactly is a living thing? What is it made of? Your Guide to Life on Earth starts with the very basics of life and provides bite-sized chunks of information to explain in an easy-to-understand way the science behind the mystery of life on Earth. Fantastic illustrations highlight the amazing facts of life as we know it, from bacteria to blue whales, from slime molds to sequoias, and everything in between."--
Notes: "First published 2015 by A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc."

Includes index.

Grades 7 to 8.
Table of contents: title: How life began; title: Meet Mrs Gren; title: Cells; title: Organising organisms; title: Naming organisms; title: The five kingdoms; title: The protists kingdom; title: The bacteria kingdom; title: The fungi kingdom; title: The plant kingdom; title: The animal kingdom; title: Phylum: cnidaria; title: Phylum: flatworms; title: Phylum: echinoderms; title: Phylum: roundworms; title: Phylum: annelids; title: Phylum: molluscs; title: Phylum: arthropods; title: Class: insects; title: Class: arachnids; title: Class: myriapods; title: Class: crustaceans; title: Phylum: the chordates; title: Class: fish; title: Class: amphibians; title: Class: reptiles; title: Class: birds; title: Class: mammals; title: Great apes; title: Humans; title: Try it yourself.