Children's Nonfiction Disasters
Earthquake Alert!
- Publisher
- Crabtree Publishing Company
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2004
- Category
- Disasters, General, Weather
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780778716044
- Publish Date
- Mar 2004
- List Price
- $9.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780778715726
- Publish Date
- Mar 2004
- List Price
- $25.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 9
- Grade: 4
Description
When the earth shakes beneath your feet, the result can be dangerous and deadly. This book traces tremors and seismic waves and explains how we have prepared for the unexpected quakes that rock our cities and countryside. Special sections feature • Earth's layers, plate tectonics, and major fault lines • technology used for forecasting, predicting, and measuring earthquakes • accompanying tsunamis, landslides, and fires • activity/observation page