| It's Windy! Contributor(s): Hirschmann, Kris (Author) |
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ISBN: 1599289458 ISBN-13: 9781599289458 Publisher: Checkerboard Books OUR PRICE: $24.23 Product Type: Library Binding Published: January 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - Weather |
| Dewey: 551.518 |
| LCCN: 2007029157 |
| Series: Checkerboard Science Library: What's It Like Out? |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 8.02" W x 8.02" (0.50 lbs) 32 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 119144 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book breaks down concepts relating to what causes wind, as well as where certain winds blow and why they occur there. Readers will learn how the sun heats the earth unevenly, causing air pressure differences, or gradients, how the Coriolis effect influences wind patterns, how helpful winds spread pollen and turn turbines for wind power, and how scientists use anemometers, wind socks, and weather vanes to measure wind direction and speed. Chapters explain large wind systems such as Hadley, Ferrel, and Polar cells, trade winds, polar easterlies, prevailing westerlies, the intertropical convergence zone, the doldrums, and the horse latitudes. Monsoon winds, land and sea breezes, mountain breezes, Santa Ana and Chinook winds, wind shear's effect on tornado formation, and how pressure differences and the Coriolis effect help hurricanes form are also discussed. Clear, helpful diagrams, full-color photographs, bold glossary words, and an index support this easy-to-read, engaging text. |