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Title Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis [electronic resource] : projects and principles for beginning geologists / Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori.
Author Levy, Matthys.
Publication Info. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2009.
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 136 p.) : ill.
Note Includes index.
Originally published: Earthquake games. New York : M.K. McElderry Books, c1997.
Contents Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The Secrets of the Earth; 2. If You Had Been There; 3. When the Ocean Rolls; 4. Earthquake Messages; 5. How Strong Was It?; 6. From Myth to Science; 7. Can Animals Predict Earthquakes?; 8. Should We Fight or Fool the Quakes?; 9. The Smoking Mountains; Conclusion; Appendix: Important Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis; Resources; Index.
Summary Presents a scientific survey that provides a vivid exploration of natural phenomena. This title demonstrates how to build a seismograph to record a simulated earthquake, compare pressure waves and shear waves - the two types of ground shocks - with a Slinky, and replicate a tsunami's destructive effect on a 'coastline' built in a bathtub.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Earthquakes -- Juvenile literature.
Volcanoes -- Juvenile literature.
Educational games -- Juvenile literature.
Earthquakes.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Science & Nature -- Earth Sciences -- Earthquakes & Volcanoes.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Genre Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Subject Earthquakes. (OCoLC)fst00900899
Educational games. (OCoLC)fst00903467
Volcanoes. (OCoLC)fst01168844
Added Author Salvadori, Mario, 1907-1997.
Levy, Matthys. Earthquake games.
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Added Title Earthquake games
Related To Print version: Levy, Matthys. Earthquake games. Earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2009 9781556528019 1556528019 (DLC) 2008040143 (OCoLC)228365641
ISBN 9781569762554 (electronic bk.)
1569762554 (electronic bk.)
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