This book introduces the most violent storms on Earth. Readers will learn where tornadoes are most common, such as Tornado Alley, when they are most likely to occur, and why. Chapters highlight how storms form, the effects of air pressure, temperature, and moisture differences, wind shear, storm rotation and the formation of a mesocyclone, funnel clouds, and how spinning air reaches from cloud to ground to form a tornado. Other sections cover the dangers of multiple tornadoes from tornado families or tornado outbreaks, the variety of possible tornado sizes and shapes, storm chasers, and how to stay safe during a tornado. Why scientists study tornado damage paths, how they measure tornado strength using the Enhanced Fujita Scale, included in a sidebar, and what they look for on Doppler radar to help predict tornado formation are also discussed. Clear, helpful diagrams, full-color photographs, bold glossary words, and an index support this easy-to-read, engaging text.

Let's talk (and read) about the weather! The science of weather phenomena are explained in this colorful, diagram-filled series. Perfect for supporting curricular units on meteorology or satisfying curious minds in weather-obsessed parts of the US and Canada. Explains extreme and everyday weather, forecasting, and more.

Describes wind, including what causes it, global wind systems, and how wind plays a major role in some types of weather systems such as hurricanes.Title: It's Windy!Author: Hirschmann, KrisPublisher: Abdo GroupPublication Date: 2008/01/01Number of Pages: 32Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary of Congress: 2007029157

Product Description: You can’t escape it. Images on TV and in magazines send messages about how your body should look. You might even feel like your friends are judging your body. What’s a girl to do? Reflections of Me: Girls and Body Image looks at how these messages can lead to body-image issues and disorders for girls of all ages...read more

Product Description: Let's talk (and read) about the weather! The science of weather phenomena are explained in this colorful, diagram-filled series. Perfect for supporting curricular units on meteorology or satisfying curious minds in weather-obsessed parts of the US and Canada...read more

Profiles the senior vice president of Apple's industrial design division, a man who helped design the wildly successful digital music player known as the iPod.

The Artlist Collection dogs guide young readers around the mysteries of measurements, showing them the difference between inches, feet, yards, and more. Original.

Product Description: This kit has everything you need to perform your own magic card tricks - from important basics to insider's tips.Become a magician! This kit has everything you need to perform your own magic card tricks-complete with important magic basics, cool magic lingo, and sneaky insider's tips...read more

Presents an overview of sexuality, discussing how the body changes during puberty, dating, peer pressure, sexually transmitted diseases, and pregnancy.

Describes what magnets are, explains how they work, and introduces the ways in which they are used in everyday life.

Learn about the dangerous ebola virus and the disease it causes.

Essays debate the use of racial profiling in law enforcement and security activities, including whether it is used, whether it works, and whether its use is justified.

Describes the life and accomplishments of an aviation designer known for dreaming up unusual aircraft designs and then building them.

Describes the history of werewolves, how they are depicted in pop culture, personal accounts of sightings, and alternative explanations for the beasts.

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Defines and discusses the type of energy emitted by the sun, describing its benefits as a powerful, renewable resource.

Describes why elephants may attack people, including detailed events of actual attacks that have occurred in Asia and the United States.

Profiles the physical characteristics and behavior of these sedentary marine animals, including their life cycle and survival strategies.

Introduces termites, including their development, their social structure, what they eat, and where they live.

Profiles the physical characteristics and behavior of these aquatic mammals, including the threat to their survival from motorboat traffic, hunting, and fishing.

Profiles the physical characteristics and behavior of these furry aquatic mammals, including the life cycle and survival strategies.

Describes the characteristics, habitat, behavior, regeneration, enemies, and types of sponges.

Profiles the physical characteristics and behavior of these marine echinoderms, including their life cycle, role in the food chain, and survival strategies.