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Volcanoes and Earthquakes

by Susanna van Rose · 1960

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Learn about the earliest seismographs, rocks that float in water, how animals can detect earthquakes before people, what causes a fire fountain, how buildings are made to withstand earthquakes, where to hide during an earthquake, and why the earth shakes. Discover why the sands of Hawaii are black, how volcanoes affect the ozone layer, what makes magma explode, what a pyrolcastic flow is, and much, much more.

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sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
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naturenatureMore like thisLess of this
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childrenspicture books
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short · 72 pages

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