Oceans

Donna Latham

Description

Investigating the planet's biomes and examining the modern threats to each ecosystem, this interactive series challenges young readers to look at how their own actions affect the planet's health. With compare-and-contrast facts and vocabulary-building sidebars, each engaging guide reveals how environmental threats-both human and natural-affect plants and animals.Detailing the largest biome, this guide surveys the environmental threats to the earth's oceans. Teaching students about coral reefs-the rainforests of the ocean-this educational resource explores topics such as the connection between increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the bleaching of the reefs. By comparing the size of an island of floating plastic and other trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to the state of Texas-and how that floating island impacts ocean life-the guide shows young environmentalists why consuming less plastic is important.

Informations

• Publié par: Nomad Press
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781619300507
• Langue: English

Extrait

Nomad Press A division of Nomad Communications
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Copyright © 2010 by Nomad Press All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. The trademark "Nomad Press" and the Nomad Press logo are trademarks of Nomad Communications, Inc.

Printed by Regal Printing Limited in China,
June 2010, Job Number 1005019 ISBN: 978-1-934670-84-2
Questions regarding the ordering of this book should be addressed to Independent Publishers Group 814 N. Franklin St.
Chicago, IL 60610
www.ipgbook.com
Nomad Press 2456 Christian St. White River Junction, VT 05001 www.nomadpress.net
Image Credits
corbisimages.com/ Louise Murray, cover; Specialist Stock, 1 ; Mark A. Johnson, 5 ; Visuals Unlimited, 14 , 15 ; Jeffrey L. Rotman, 16 .
©iStockphoto.com/ Keith Flood, i; Nick M. Do, i; SecondShot, ii; Natallia Bokach, iii; Jan Rysavy, 3 ; Jussi Santaniemi, 4 ; Tammy Peluso, 7 , 9 , 23 ; Kristen Johansen, 9 ; Miguel Angelo Silva, 10 ; John Anderson, 10 , 11 ; Kristian Sekulic, 11 ; syagci, 11 ; cbpix, 13 ; Christopher Meder, 14 ; Eric Madeja, 17 ; Joseph Luoman, 18 ; Malcolm Crooks, 19 ; Els van der Gun, 19 ; Tobias Helbig, 20 ; Deborah Maxemow, 20 ; Piero Malaer, 21 ; Jurie Maree, 22 ; Liz Leyden, 22 ; David Gomez, 22 ; Rainer Albiez, 25 ; Phil Dickson, 26 .
Image courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. © 2004 MBARI/ 15 .
CONTENTS
chapter 1 What Is a Biome?
chapter 2 Landscape and Climate of the Ocean
chapter 3 Plants Growing in the Ocean Have Adapted
chapter 4 Animals Living in the Ocean Have Adapted
chapter 5 Environmental Threats