Impact!
Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World
Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017], ℗♭2017.
Format: Book
Description: 76 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
"Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes--and hit our planet in them, too. But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters and present-day falls, and up into space for the big ones yet to come, a wide variety of scientists are trying to figure out how to track asteroids--and how to avoid devastating impacts in the future."-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Scientists in the field.
Contents:
An asteroid strikes -- Clues on the ground -- Blast from the past -- The death of the dinos -- Asteroid hunt! -- The search from space -- How to stop an asteroid from smashing into Earth -- What you can do! -- Learn more about asteroids and meteorites.
Subjects:
Asteroids -- Collisions with Earth -- Juvenile literature.
Asteroids -- Juvenile literature.
Meteorites -- Juvenile literature.
Extinction (Biology) -- Juvenile literature.
Asteroids -- Collisions with Earth -- Juvenile literature.
Asteroids -- Juvenile literature.
Meteorites -- Juvenile literature.
Extinction (Biology) -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: Ages 10-12.
ISBN:
9780544671591 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C SCIENCE Space Rus | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C SCIENCE Space Rus | Northeast Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C SCIENCE Space Rus | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 5/4/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-71) and index.