Presents facts about a wide variety of plants, their structures, adaptations to varied environments, and interactions with animals and human beings.

Contrasts fruits and berries, mosses and molds, evergreens and conifers, horns and antlers, rabbits and hares, ducks and geese, and crickets and grasshoppers (view table of contents)

Introduces children to ordinary objects that are found in a garden, such as animals, insects, and garden tools, and to the different parts they have

A look at plants offers a definition of plants and answers such questions as where do raisins grow? what is a rainforest? how do water plants float? and others.

Describes different types of flowers and how they grow

Answers questions about the natural world, including 'Why do dandelions get fuzzy?' 'Why do bees buzz around flowers?' and 'How do birds fly?'

Uses a question and answer format to discuss the structure and function of plants.

Questions and answers provide a basic look at various aspects of the plant world around us, including leaves, fruit, and flowers

Provides information about various types of plants and how and where they grow, and includes instructions for simple projects

A look at plants offers a definition of plants and answers such questions as, 'Where do raisins grow?,' 'What is a rainforest?,' and 'How do water plants float?'

A collection of miscellaneous facts about nature, animals, plants, and the human body

Studies the highly visible and diverse world of trees, flowers, and other green-and-growing things, with their distinct ways of reproduction, respiration, photosynthesis, and nourishment

Limnological Analyses, a classic, second, thoroughly updated edition, consists of a series of carefully designed and tested field and laboratory exercises covering the full scope of limnology. It provides the student with a solid foundation in this complex multidisciplinary field of ecology and illustrates modern experimental approaches. Among the topics covered by such exercises are: major physical components of lakes and streams; important mineral nutrients; cycling of organic matter; benthic fauna; primary productivity of phytoplankton; quantitative methods in biota analysis; diurnal changes; experimental manipulation of model ecosystems; effects of sewage outfall and other human activities; whole ecosystem and community analyses. Each exercise is preceded by an introductory section and concludes with questions for the student and a selection of suggested reading. Teachers and students of limnology will value Limnological Analyses for its highly structured, concise presentation. Its research-oriented approach encourages active participation.

Presents in questions and answer format information about how all kinds of plants live, breathe and reproduce

Describes how plants live and grow, discusses conifers, ferns, mosses, algae, and fungi, looks at pollination and photosynthesis, and tells how we use plants

Describes how plants live and grow, discusses conifers, ferns, mosses, algae, and fungi, looks at pollination and photosynthesis, and tells how we use plants