Wind and Weather
Published on 27. May 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-0-7496-1423-2 (ISBN)
Description
Part of a series which introduces children to the scientific world around them, this book examines what makes the air move, how wind affects us and our natural environment and how weather and pollution is measured.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
colour photographs, index, glossary
Dimensions
Height: 265 mm
Width: 209 mm
Weight
153 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7496-1423-2 (9780749614232)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Air on the move - windy weather in everyday life; using the wind - sailing boats and windmills; environment - sand dunes, wind erosion in deserts, plants - wind pollination, seed dispersal, air pressure - pressing forces and area, effects of air pressure; highs and lows - barometers, weather maps, wet and dry weather; measuring weather - wind speed and direction, Beaufort scale, wind socks, anemometers; forecasting weather - weather stations, satellites, computer prediction; world climate - weather all year round, seasons, monsoons, hurricanes; pollution - measuring air pollution, smog, greenhouse effect.