Whether children hear about volcanoes and earthquakes on television, learn about them at school, or live in vulnerable areas, they are amazed by ? and afraid of ? volcanoes and earthquakes. Kids want to know more about them, both to satisfy their curiosity and to ease their fears. This book explains everything about these natural disasters, from what happens just before a quake or eruption to how natural disasters help renew nature's landscape. Trivia-hungry readers will be amazed to learn that temperatures a few miles underground can reach 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit, or that 6,780 earthquakes hit Japan on one day in 1966. They will learn about how a farmer digging in his field found the ancient city of Pompeii.
- ISBN10 0439095816
- ISBN13 9780439095815
- Publish Date 22 February 2000 (first published December 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 February 2010
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Scholastic Australia
- Imprint Titles Supplied/Distributed by Scholastic Australi
- Format Paperback
- Pages 48
- Language English