DK_Eye Wonder_Earth
Written and edited by Penelope York
First American Edition, 2002
Contents
4-5
Where are we?
6-7
Crust to core
8-9
Moving world
10-11
The tips of the world
12-13
The fire mountain
14-15
Earthquake!
16-17
The rock cycle
18-19
Vital survival
20-21
Down to earth
22-23
Nature’s sculptures
24-25
Flow of water
26-27
Underworlds
28-29
The power of ice
30-31
The mighty wave
32-33
The ocean floor
34-35
Earth’s treasures
36-37
Earth’s ingredients
38-39
Ground detectives
40-41
Different worlds
42-43
Planet pollution
44-45
Planet protection
46-47
Glossary
48
Index
Air cycle 18, 19
Arch 31
Atmosphere 6, 18
Basalt 6
Beach 30, 31
Block mountain 11
Cave 26
Coal 36
Conservation 44-45
Coral reef 32
Core 7
Crust 6, 8, 9, 10, 11,16, 17
Desert 40, 42
Diamond 35
Dinosaur 38, 39
Earthquake 8, 9,14-15, 33
Electricity 42, 44
Endangered species 44
Equator 6
Erosion 24
Fault 8, 11, 14
Fjord 28
Fold mountain 10
Fossil 16, 38
Fossil fuel 36-37, 43,44
Frost shattering 22
Gas 36, 37
Gem 34
Geyser 13
Glacier 10, 28, 29
Gold 34
Gorge 24, 26, 28
Granite 6, 16
Hoodoo 23
Ice 28-29
Iceberg 29
Igneous rock 13, 16,17
Lava 12, 13, 33
Magma 12, 13, 16, 17
Mantle, 6, 9
Map 7
Metamorphic rock 16,17
Mineral 20, 34
Mountain 8, 10-11
Mural 26
Ocean 11, 32-33
Oil 36, 37, 43
Peridotite 6
Planet 5
Plate 8, 9, 10, 12, 14,17
Pollution 42-43
Rain forest 40, 42, 45
River 24, 28, 45
Salt 34
Sand 30
Satellite 4
Sedimentary rock 16,17
Seismometer 14
Soil 20
Solar System 5
Space 4, 6
Stack 31
Stalactite 27
Stalagmite 27
Tsunami 14
Volcano 8, 12-13, 16,33
Water cycle 18
Waterfall 24, 25
Wave 14, 30-31
Weathering 23