Download or read book Why Do Animals Have Wings Fins and Flippers written by Elizabeth Miles and published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captivating introduction to the hugely varied physiology of the animal world.
Download or read book Wings Fins and Flippers written by Elizabeth Miles and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how the wings, fins and flippers of various birds and animals differ in size, placement, and function.
Download or read book Wings Fins and Flippers written by Elizabeth Miles and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2002-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly describes how the wings, fins and flippers of various birds and animals differ in size, placement, and function.
Download or read book Wings Legs and Fins written by Derek Miller and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do animals get around? This fun volume explores animal mobility and the interesting adaptations that allow animals to walk, fly, and swim in many different kinds of environments. This book considers how animals use movement to seek shelter, escape predators, and explore the world around them. Young readers will learn about these crucial components of animal bodies with simple language tailored to help them read on their own while discovering the various ways animals survive and thrive.
Download or read book Flying with Feathers and Wings written by Caitie McAneney and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do animals such as birds, insects, and bats stay in the air? The answer of course is wings and feathers. Wings and feathers are important adaptations that have taken millions of years evolve. Feathers first appeared during the time of the dinosaurs, and birds are actually distant relatives of dinosaurs. Insects with wings appeared many thousands of years before feathers appeared. This book discusses how these adaptations benefit the birds, insects, and other animals that possess them. Vibrant photographs of flying animals are paired with manageable text to make this book both educational and engaging.
Download or read book Swimming with Fins and Flippers written by Kate Mikoley and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many kinds of animals live in Earth's oceans, and many of them have fins and flippers. These special adaptations have developed over the course of many thousands of years. They help animals maneuver through the waters in which they live and hunt. Penguins have flippers to make them move quickly through the water to catch fish to eat. Some fish use their fins to move at rapid speeds to catch their prey. This book explains flipper and fin anatomy and describes how these adaptations help the animals that have them. Conservation issues and threats to these animals' survival are also highlighted.
Download or read book Watching Dolphins in the Ocean written by Elizabeth Miles and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dolphins are amazing animals. Explore these creatures of the sea and discover what wild world they call home. Colorful photos and detailed information make these exciting titles for introducing readers to animal behavior.
Download or read book Watching Penguins in Antarctica written by Louise Spilsbury and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behaviors of emperor penguins.
Download or read book Legs Wings Fins and Flippers written by Kira Freed and published by . This book was released on with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Animal Locomotion Or Walking Swimming and Flying written by James Bell Pettigrew and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Do Whales Have Wings written by Michael Dahl and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces varying parts of the anatomy of a number of different animals.
Download or read book Lightbulb Moments in Human History written by Scott Edwin Williams and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Here's your chance to learn and enjoy Big History in a slightly 'deranged' romp.' Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Australian science communicator, author, and populariser Lightbulb Moments in Human History tracks humanity's big ideas and the eccentricities of those who conceived them. Along the way you'll find answers to questions such as: Why did the Sumerians have temple prostitutes? Just how psychotic was the God of the Old Testament? Why did parents in ancient Greece encourage their young sons to take older male lovers? And what on earth inspired the Mayans to have tobacco enemas? Funny. Irreverent. Never boring. This is not the history you were taught in school. Scott Edwin Williams' Lightbulb Moments in Human History engages, entertains, and provides hope that while times are tough, we're not all going to hell in a handbasket.
Download or read book The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles written by Gregory S. Paul and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative illustrated guide to the mighty reptiles that dominated the seas of the Mesozoic for 185 million years New discoveries are revealing that many ancient oceangoing reptiles were energetic animals capable of inhabiting an array of watery habitats and climates, including polar winters. The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the great Mesozoic groups that commanded the seas for tens of millions of years. This incredible field guide covers 435 species and features stunning illustrations of swimming reptiles ranging in size from little lizards to others with great necks longer than their bodies. It discusses the history of sea reptiles through 185 million years of the Mesozoic, their anatomy, physiology, locomotion, reproduction and growth, and extinction, and even gives a taste of what it might be like to travel back to the Mesozoic. This one-of-a-kind guide also challenges the common image of these reptiles as giants of the prehistoric waters, showing how the largest weighed far less than today’s biggest whales. Features detailed species accounts of 435 different kinds of sea reptiles, with the latest size and mass estimates Written and illustrated by the acclaimed researcher and artist who helped to redefine our understanding of dinosaur anatomy Describes placodonts, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, sea snakes, sea turtles, marine crocs, and more Covers everything from biology to the colorful history of sea reptile paleontology Includes dozens of original skeletal drawings and full-color life scenes
Download or read book The Psychology of Left and Right written by Michael C. Corballis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1976, this title deals with the problem of how we tell left from right. The authors argue that the ability to tell left from right depends ultimately on a bodily asymmetry, such as preference for one or the other hand, or dominance of one side of the brain. This has implications for child development, reading disability, navigation, art, and culture.
Download or read book Animal Locomotion Or Walking Swimming and Flying with a Dissertation on A ronautics by J Bell Pettigrew written by James Bell Pettigrew and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inside Animals written by Jen Green and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2011-01-30 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our eyes help us look at the world, but there are many things we cannot see. Atoms are the building blocks of everything in the universe, from planets and stars to the cells that make up plants, animals, and the human body. Atoms are invisible because they are so small, but bigger things can be invisible, too. Ancient artifacts and buried bones are hidden under the ground, while invisible forces such as earthquakes and winds shape life on Earth. This book explores the invisible world inside different animals. Find out how animals are made up of a complex network of microscopic cells. See how cells divide so animals can grow and reproduce. Learn about the tiny pests and parasites that make animals ill. Book jacket.
Download or read book Dolphins written by Adele Richardson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2001 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an introduction to dolphins describing their physical characteristics, habitat, young, food, predators, and relationship to people.
