Presents an introduction to the water cycle, in simple text with illustrations, using graphs and charts to provide information on evaporation, transpiration, condensation, and precipitation.
An introduction to glaciers that explains how they are formed, how they move on land, how they have helped shape the earth, and how they have been affected by global warming.
Explains the important role water plays in plant and animal life, how water moves in animals, how plants turn water into food, and how animals have adapted to life in water.
Explains how every living thing is related to its environment and the other organisms surrounding it, exploring the life cycle, adaptations animals make to survive in their environments, and the ways animals work together to survive.
Defines a peninsula as a body of land surrounded on three sides by water, and explains how it is formed by glaciers, volcanoes, or river deltas as well as sand splits. Uses the Florida peninsula as a model landform and describes how it and other peninsulas are changed over time.