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Earthquakes and Volcanoes


Usborne Understanding

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No. of pages 32

Published: 1996

Great for age 12-18 years

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-- An innovative, in-depth look at important topics in physical geography-- Full color diagrams, illustrations and photographs-- Hands-on activities for real science experience

 

 

This book features in the following series: Usborne Understanding, Usborne Understanding Geography .

There are 32 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 1996 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

This book has the following chapters: Origins of the Earth; the moving surface; movement at plate boundaries; how earthquakes happen; during an earthquake; measuring and monitoring earthquakes; volcanoes; volcanic eruptions; lava-flows, blocks and bombs; volcanic islands; active, dormant and extinct; hot rock; tsunami; monitoring earthquakes and eruptions; avoiding disasters.

 

This book is in the following series:

Usborne Understanding

Usborne Understanding Geography