The Atmosphere: Planetary Heat Engine (Earth's Spheres) [Library Binding]

Gregory Vogt (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 6-9–Exceptionally useful works. In Atmosphere, the makeup of our air and the nature of weather and climate are probed. Global warming and the greenhouse effect are also covered. Earth's Core explores the makeup of the universe, the origin of the planet and its moon, and the layers under Earth's surface. Lithosphere explains the crust and how land is built and eroded, covering such subjects as plate tectonics, volcanoes, and geysers. Each of these complex topics is made understandable by the use of colorful photographs, graphs, charts, and other illustrations. Captions include new and useful information, and the sidebars and fact pages are helpful. For students who have some basic familiarity with these subjects, these are excellent resources for research material, science experiments, and science fairs.–Eva Elisabeth VonAncken, Trinity-Pawling School, Pawling, NY
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From Booklist

Part of the Earth's Spheres series, which takes its name from the complex system of interacting spheres (the core, the crust, and so on) that make up the planet, this attractively designed title focuses on the outermost. The book covers a wide range of topics, including air currents, the water cycle (here more technically termed the hydrologic cycle), meteorology, and climate change, and explores how they affect our daily lives. A good deal of discussion is devoted to scientists' use of satellites and other high-tech tools to study the atmosphere. Color graphs, photographs, and sidebars ("Why Is the Sky Blue?") supplement the accessible text, which draws metaphors straight from kids' lives; in one instance, readers are told how many air molecules fill a cubic inch, then encouraged to imagine them as M&M's: "Your candy bag would be as large as the moon." A glossary and titles for further research are appended. Ed Sullivan
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Library Binding: 80 pages
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT) (February 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761328416
• ISBN-13: 978-0761328414
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #391,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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