Mezzanotte, Jim

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A look at hailstorms, explaining how and why hailstones form, and discussing the damage hailstorms can cause.

Photographs and simple text describe the world of solids and their properties.

Photographs and simple text explain how wind can stir sand, dust, or topsoil into furious clouds that travel hundreds of miles across deserts, prairies, and oceans.

Photographs, diagrams, and simple text describes how wheels and axles work.

Photographs, illustrations, and simple text describe how ramps, wedges, and screws work.

Introduces the science of how pulleys work and describes different kinds of pulleys and the jobs they do.

Photographs, diagrams, and simple text describes how levers and simple machines work.

Explains how warm water and winds can spin into the largest and most powerful storms on Earth.

Learn where these dangerous storms hit, how you can stay safe, and how a tiny piece of ice can grow into a hailstorm.