Trapped on the rock
By: Gerry Bailey
Series: Science to the rescue
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
ISBN-13: 9780778704331; 9780778704393; 9781427175519; 9781427175458
Subjects: Wilderness survival; Juvenile literature; Survival; Mountaineering; Geology; Research
Description: "Separated from his science team on a mountain after a landslide, Joe is in no hurry to get back. The slide has carried a wealth of fossils with it for him to study! Joe examines these and the mountain terrain to learn how the mountains formed and figure out how old they are."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Ages 8-11.

Grades 4 to 6.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to Joe's story; title: What is a mountain?; title: Tectonic plates; title: Different shapes; title: Layers in the rock; title: Erosion; title: Fossils on the mountain; title: Crumple and crack; title: Mountain animals; title: In the cave-dripped shapes; title: Fly like an eagle; title: How do birds fly?; title: Downhill flow-gravity; title: Mountain people; title: A Sherpa guide; title: Why is Joe there?; title: Carbon dating.