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Stickmen's guide to Earth's atmosphere in layers / by Catherine Chambers ; illustrated by John Paul de Quay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chambers, Catherine, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Chambers, Catherine, 1954- Stickmen's guides to this incredible earth.
- Stickmen's guide to this incredible earth
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atmosphere--Juvenile literature.
- Atmosphere.
- Weather--Juvenile literature.
- Weather.
- Meteorology--Juvenile literature.
- Meteorology.
- Earth (Planet)--Juvenile literature.
- Earth (Planet).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : Hungry Tomato, [2017]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Teeter on the edge of outer space with the Stickmen. Then fly down, down, down to atmospheric layers that wrap around Earth. Follow the Stickmen to view the galaxies through the Hubble Space Telescope and stop by the International Space Station. The Stickmen will take you on a tour of satellites in orbit, aircraft riding jet streams, and storms in the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. With phenomenal facts, cool diagrams, and photos from space, this will be a dizzy, action-packed ride!
- Contents:
- High in the exosphere
- Satellites in the exosphere
- Floating in the thermosphere
- Looking into space
- Bright lights in the mesosphere
- Stormy stratosphere
- The ozone layer
- Earth's atmosphere
- Storms and twisters
- What's the weather like?
- Fantastic sky facts
- The future.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5124-0931-6
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