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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Science and Nature: Life Sciences #21, Ecology and the Environment I

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ÔùÖ Patterns of Life ÔùÅ Why are some animals unique to the Gal├ípagos? ÔùÅ Do penguins live at the North Pole? ÔùÅ Why are the animals of India and Africa so similar? ÔùÅ How do reptiles survive in cold climates? ÔùÅ Why are tapirs found only in South America and Asia? ÔùÅ Where do marsupials live? ÔùÅ What early primates lived in North America? ÔùÅ How do the animals of South America compare to those of Africa? ÔùÅ How are coconut palms spread? ÔùÅ Why do forests differ worldwide? ÔùÅ How can plants live in water?rnrnÔùÖ Continuing the Species ÔùÅ How do plants protect themselves? ÔùÅ Why do some barnacles grow tall? ÔùÅ Why do lemmings jump off cliffs? ÔùÅ Why are there always dead trees in the forest? ÔùÅ What is a 17-year cicada? ÔùÅ Do animals control their numbers? ÔùÅ Is there a feeding order among some insects? ÔùÅ Do animals become extinct nowadays? ÔùÅ What animals disperse pollen? ÔùÅ How do animals disperse seeds? ÔùÅ Why do some plants eat insects? ÔùÅ What defences do plants have? ÔùÅ How is a new habitat colonized?rnrnÔùÖ The Food Chain ÔùÅ How do eagles grow? ÔùÅ What happens when a fish dies? ÔùÅ How do sea otters live? ÔùÅ How does a tree return to the soil? ÔùÅ How do mushrooms grow? ÔùÅ Can a forest recover from a fire? ÔùÅ How do alligators help other wetland creatures in the dry season? ÔùÅ What is an estuary? ÔùÅ How do oil spills damage the environment? ÔùÅ What is biological accumulation?

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Series Title

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Science and Nature series (1-32)

Call Number

REF 570.3 Lun

Publisher

Hong Kong : Educational Technologies Limited., 2004

Collation

84 hlm; 22 x 30.5 cm; HC:AP

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9628851497

Classification

IPA Penunjang

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Subject(s)

Lingkungan (Environment)
Ensiklopedia Sains (Encyclopedia of Science)
Makhluk Hidup (Organism)
Ekologi (Ecology)

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First published in 1990 by Gakken Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

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