Rocks & Minerals, Paperback/Neil Morris

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The Wonders of our World Series offers young readers a lively and visually exciting introduction to the world around us and the forces at work shaping our planet and its future. Ten books in this series offer fascinating full-color photographs of examples from around the world to help illustrate: -- the devastating impact volcanoes, extreme weather, and earthquakes can have -- why the earth's forests and waterways are in danger of destruction -- how the earth's powerful internal forces produce rocks and minerals from the ordinary to the dazzling -- how mountains, deserts, and caves are formed Rocky cliffs at the seashore often reveal the geological processes at work creating rocks and minerals. Rocks and Minerals helps explain: -- how erosion, sediment deposit, and underground pressure create rocks and minerals -- fossils and gemstones -- how the Grand Canyon was created -- how metals are made from ore -- what space rocks teach us