Includes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.
Contents:
How did Earth form from a cloud of dust? -- Were the oceans made from rain? -- Why is the center of Earth metal? -- What makes the northern lights glow? -- Where did all the air come from? -- Why does the weather always keep changing? -- What is pushing the wind? -- Where does the electricity in lightning come from? -- Why is it night all winter at the north pole? -- Why do sunsets look orange and red? -- When do volcanoes blow their top? -- How can an earthquake turn dry ground into deadly quicksand? -- Could the lost city of atlantis have been destroyed by a volcano? -- Why can't I sink in the dead sea? -- Why is the Atlantic Ocean getting wider? -- What makes Earth the only planet with life? -- How is life on Earth fueled by the sun? -- How do bacteria live in deep rocks? -- What living things can you see from space? -- Where else in the solar system might life exist?
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