The highest peak : how Mount Everest formed /
Tolli, Jenna,
The highest peak : how Mount Everest formed / How Mount Everest formed Jenna Tolli. - 32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm - Earth's history through rocks . - Earth's history through rocks. .
Includes index.
The highest peak on earth -- Sir Everest -- Moving continents -- Beneath the mountains -- Studying the Earth -- History through rocks -- Learning about the past -- Changes we can see -- Climate change -- To the top -- A safer journey -- Advances in technology -- Using the past to predict the future -- Reading the rocks -- Glossary.
"Mount Everest, Earth's tallest mountain over sea level, formed about 40 million to 50 million years ago when prehistoric continents split and collided. This process was made possible by the movement of Earth's tectonic plates. In this book, readers will learn more about how the movement of these tectonic plates helped form the Himalayas, including Everest. Breathtaking photos provide readers with visual correlations to the text, while fact boxes and sidebars supplement the main text."--
9781725301443 172530144X 9781725301467 1725301466 9781725301450 1725301458
2018049464
Geology--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Juvenile literature.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
The highest peak : how Mount Everest formed / How Mount Everest formed Jenna Tolli. - 32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm - Earth's history through rocks . - Earth's history through rocks. .
Includes index.
The highest peak on earth -- Sir Everest -- Moving continents -- Beneath the mountains -- Studying the Earth -- History through rocks -- Learning about the past -- Changes we can see -- Climate change -- To the top -- A safer journey -- Advances in technology -- Using the past to predict the future -- Reading the rocks -- Glossary.
"Mount Everest, Earth's tallest mountain over sea level, formed about 40 million to 50 million years ago when prehistoric continents split and collided. This process was made possible by the movement of Earth's tectonic plates. In this book, readers will learn more about how the movement of these tectonic plates helped form the Himalayas, including Everest. Breathtaking photos provide readers with visual correlations to the text, while fact boxes and sidebars supplement the main text."--
9781725301443 172530144X 9781725301467 1725301466 9781725301450 1725301458
2018049464
Geology--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Juvenile literature.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.