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Nature anatomy : the curious parts & pieces of the natural world / Julia Rothman, with help from John Niekrasz

Author
Rothman, Julia
Published
North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2015]
Physical Description
224 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cmcm
Additional Creators
Niekrasz, John

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Common Ground -- Really Moving -- Layers of the Earth -- Minerals -- The Rock Cycle -- Fossils -- Landforms -- Mountains -- North American Landscapes -- Field Succession -- Loose Landscape Painting -- ch. 2 What's Up -- Up in the Atmosphere -- Predicting Weather -- The Water Cycle -- Storms -- Why Are All Snowflakes Different? -- Rainbows -- Sunsets -- Phases of the Moon -- Constellations -- ch. 3 Come Close -- Anatomy of a Flower -- Anatomy of a Bee -- Anatomy of a Butterfly -- Metamorphosis -- Plants That Attract Butterflies -- Beautiful Butterflies -- Colorful Moths -- Sedges, Rushes, Grasses -- Grazing Edibles -- Incredible Insects and Bugs Abounding -- Spectacular Spiders -- Anatomy of an Ant -- ch. 4 Take a Hike -- Anatomy of a Deciduous Tree -- Anatomy of a Trunk -- Leaf Identification -- North American Trees -- Beautiful Bark -- Some Flowers, Cones, Seeds, and Fruits of Trees -- Printing Patterns -- Anatomy of a Fern -- Pretty, Pretty Lichen Mysterious Mosses -- Waterbears -- Mycelium -- Anatomy of a Mushroom -- Marvelous Mushrooms -- Rotting Log -- Foraging in the Forest -- ch. 5 Creature Feature -- Animals in the Neighborhood -- Anatomy of a Bat -- Common North American Bats -- Tree Squirrels -- Ground Squirrels -- The Lyme Bacteria Cycle -- Grizzly Bear vs. Black Bear -- The Animal Underground -- Snakes -- Lizards -- Wild Cats -- Wild Dogs -- Animals with Antlers . . . and Horns -- Aquatic Mammals -- Outstanding Adaptations -- Marine Mammals -- ch. 6 A Little Bird Told Me -- Anatomy of a Bird -- A Bevy of Birds -- Kinds of Feathers -- Birdcalls -- A Variety of Nests -- Extraordinary Eggs -- Intriguing Bird Behavior -- Birds of Prey -- Owls -- Big Birds -- A Variety of Beaks -- Water Birds -- ch. 7 Head above Water -- Water Bodies -- Ecosystem of a Pond -- A Few Freshwater Fish -- Life Cycle of a Salmon -- Water Bugs -- Toad vs. Frog -- Life Cycle of a Frog -- Tidal Zone Ecosystem -- Fantastic Saltwater Fish -- Anatomy of a Jellyfish -- On the Sand -- Seashells by the Seashore -- Some Seaweed -- Harvesting, Processing, and Eating Seaweed.
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ISBN
9781612122311 (paper w/ flaps : alk. paper)
1612122310 (paper w/ flaps : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries); 2014
Endowment Note
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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