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Amazon explorers / by Andrea Pelleschi ; content consultant, Nathan Moore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pelleschi, Andrea.
- Series:
- Science Adventurers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientists--Juvenile literature.
- Scientists.
- Discoveries in geography--Juvenile literature.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Adventure and adventurers--Juvenile literature.
- Adventure and adventurers.
- Amazon River Region--Juvenile literature.
- Amazon River Region.
- Genre:
- Junior literature.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (112 pages) : color illustrations, portraits.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Abdo Publishing, [2020]
- Summary:
- This book examines how researchers are learning about the rain forest's plants and animals, what discoveries are being made in the Amazon, and how people are working to combat the effects of deforestation and climate change. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.-- Source other than the Library of Congress.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Uncontacted people
- chapter 2. Mysterious earthworks
- chapter 3. Brazil's highest mountain
- chapter 4. The Amazon's coral reef
- chapter 5. Medicine discoveries
- chapter 6. Strange weather
- chapter 7. New species
- chapter 8. Deforestation
- chapter 9. Climate change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781532175138
- 1532175132
- OCLC:
- 1135831367
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