Donnelly, Karen J

Profiles American women who served as pilots during World War II, and describes their struggles to prove their value both in war time and after returning home.

Provides descriptions of each of Earth's seven different biomes--areas with special kinds of climates, including rain forest, desert, grassland, temperate forest, taiga, tundra, and aquatic, and discusses the effects of humans on biomes.

Presents an account of Cruzan v. Missouri, a 1989 Supreme Court case in which the family of Nancy Cruzan, in a persistent vegetative state after an automobile accident, asked that her feeding tube be removed and she be allowed to die; and discusses the right to die movement and some consequences of the case.

Discusses the importance of water on earth, what a drought is, conditions that can cause droughts, and the possibility of droughts in the future.

Describes the destructive forces of hurricanes and tornadoes, explaining what causes them, how they have caused damage in the past, and how meteorologists predict them.

An introduction to the environmental changes that are predicted to occur in the future, focusing on floods.

Explores how the earth has been affected by rising temperature in the past and discusses how global warming may affect it in the future.

Profiles the Los Angeles Rams' football player whose techniques changed the way coaches and fans thought about defense and caused him to be named "Defensive End of the Century" by Sports Illustrated.

Explains what Ice Ages are, how they start, the impact they have had on the world's geography, and how they may affect earth in the future.

Introduces the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, commonly known as the Bill of Rights.