Presents a National Geographic Student Atlas of the World, with photographs and graphics of the planet, detailed maps, Web links, thematic indexes on a variety of topics, country flags, and fact boxes.
As the Remnants struggle to live on a barren Earth, Yago takes off in their spaceship, leaving them stranded, unaware that Tate is aboard ship as well.
The Remnants, a group of people who escaped Earth shortly before an asteroid strike and lived in a suspended sleep state for five hundred years, return to their home planet to find a small population of humans living underground.
Provides scientific information about the earth, discussing the planet's history, structure, tectonics and volcanism, and water and oceans; and includes illustrations, a glossary, and lists of reference materials.
Provides an introduction to the study of geology; explains how Earth fits into the solar system; discusses how activity within the planet creates movement on the surface, such as occurs with earthquakes and volcanoes; considers the impact of weather cycles on Earth; and looks at how human activities affect the planet.
Provides information about Earth, the only inhabited planet in the Solar System, looking at its different layers and its atmosphere, discusses what has been learned about the moon and its effect on Earth, and considers the future of space exploration.
Provides answers to thirteen questions about time, tides, and revolutions, discussing the Earth's orbit, seasons, the length of a year, clocks, the International Date Line, and more.
