life (biology)

Photographs, illustrations, and simple text describe the importance of single-celled life forms, where they are found, and specific examples of their life cycles.

Teaches children the differences between living and nonliving things in habitats around the world and explains how they can determine if something is living through a series of simple questions.

"A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the cells, tissues, and organs of the human body"--.

"Using a wide variety of . . . photographs, author Kevin Kurtz poses thought-provoking questions to help readers determine if things are living or nonliving"--Provided by publisher.

Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.

This Discovery Channel series narrated by Oprah Winfrey contains 12 chapters that can each be watched alone. The chapters deal with concepts of adaptation by focusing on a specific example. The adaptations adressed include life cycle, survival through schooling, speed, and camouflage, competition for resources, gills, symbiosis, and habitat specialization. The featured fish include: silvertip shark, fringehead, mudskipper, flying fish, convict fish, stream goby, barbels, clownfish, anchovies, sardines, sea dragon, and snapper.

"A poetic and lyrical picture book, bursting with color, about our interconnected world, from self to cells and seeds to sky"--Provided by publisher.

"Living things, including animals need air, water, and food to live and grow. Includes science and reading activities, a note to caregivers, and a word list"--Provided by publisher.

Readers will enjoy indulging in alien theories all the while learning science and history.

"Looks at animals that existed in prehistoric times and still exist today and suggests how these creatures managed to survive while other animals are now extinct"--OCLC.