- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: DK ELT/Schools; 1 edition (6 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0751330795
- ISBN-13: 978-0751330793
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.4 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,328,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is one of eight titles in this reference series covering a wide range of topics - from dinosaurs to explorers. This book on tornadoes includes photographs, facts and figures and relevant websites to explore.
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Format:Paperback
`Tornadoes and other dramatic weather systems.'
`It's a weird world out there........dazzle your mates with mad facts and much more in this mega new series!
In Oklahoma, a herd of cattle were sucked up by a tornado and put back unharmed!
A hurricane can be 800 km wide and create a sea surge as high as a three-storey house!
The sun's rays are a sizzling 5500 degrees C!'
96 shiny, high quality pages, split over 12 main chapters:-
Introduction
What is weather?
Calm skies, angry skies
Tornadoes
Waterspouts and dusty devils
Hurricanes
Below freezing
Too much rain
Deadly drought
Special effects
Polluting the air
Weather watchers
with a reference section, including glossary and a concise index.
Packed full of colour pictures and `weird world notes', e.g.
`Death Valley in the US got its name in 1849 when 30 people used the valley as a shortcut to the goldfields.
Air temperatures of 57 degrees C caused 12 people to die from heatstroke.'
or
`The sky looks blue because when blue light hits air molecules it scatters all over the sky, while all the other colours pass straight through the air to the ground.'
`It's a weird world out there........dazzle your mates with mad facts and much more in this mega new series!
In Oklahoma, a herd of cattle were sucked up by a tornado and put back unharmed!
A hurricane can be 800 km wide and create a sea surge as high as a three-storey house!
The sun's rays are a sizzling 5500 degrees C!'
96 shiny, high quality pages, split over 12 main chapters:-
Introduction
What is weather?
Calm skies, angry skies
Tornadoes
Waterspouts and dusty devils
Hurricanes
Below freezing
Too much rain
Deadly drought
Special effects
Polluting the air
Weather watchers
with a reference section, including glossary and a concise index.
Packed full of colour pictures and `weird world notes', e.g.
`Death Valley in the US got its name in 1849 when 30 people used the valley as a shortcut to the goldfields.
Air temperatures of 57 degrees C caused 12 people to die from heatstroke.'
or
`The sky looks blue because when blue light hits air molecules it scatters all over the sky, while all the other colours pass straight through the air to the ground.'
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