The changing land
By: Leonard Bernstein [and others] ; Stanley Wolfe, project coordinator
Contributors: Globe Fearon
Series: Concepts and challenges; Concepts and challenges
Publisher: Globe Fearon
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Parsippany, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780130241993; 9780130242273; 9780130242303; 9780130242136
Subjects: Geology; Textbooks; Plate tectonics; High interest-low vocabulary books
Description: Earth's surface is always changing. Gravity, wind, and water erode rock. Tectonic plates slowly moving on the mantle also cause Earth's surface to change. The thrust up mountains and gouge out valleys.
Notes: Grades 6-12. RL: 5-6.
Table of contents: title: Scientific skills and investigation handbooks; title: Changing landscape; title: Plate tectonics; title: Weathering and soil; title: Erosion; title: Appendices; title: Glossary.