Kimberly M. Hutmacher - The World Was Once Covered by Giant Mushrooms and Other Cool Earth Facts

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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Hutmacher, Kimberly, author.

Title: The world was once covered by giant mushrooms and other cool Earth facts / by
Kimberly M. Hutmacher.

Description: North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, [ 2019] | Series: Mind- blowing science
facts | Bright Idea Books are published by Capstone Press. | Audience: Ages 9- | Audience:
Grades to | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018036891 | ISBN 9781543557688 ( hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781543558005 ( e- book PDF) | ISBN 9781496643438 (eBook)
Subjects: LCSH: Landforms-- Juvenile literature. | Geology-- Juvenile literature. |
Historical geography-- Juvenile literature. | Earth ( Planet)-- Surface-- Juvenile literature. |
Earth ( Planet)-- Miscellanea-- Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC GB404 . H88 2019 | DDC 551.3-- dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018036891
Editorial Credits
Editor: Meg Gaertner
Designer: Becky Daum
Production Specialist: Colleen McLaren
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Table of Contents
Chapter one
Amazing Earth
Chapter two
Hurtling
Through Space
Chapter three
Long, Long Ago
Chapter four
Rumbling Giant
Chapter five
Global Features

Chapter Amazing Earth erupt. Some bury cities.

send waves across the ocean. Huge mushrooms give way to trees. Earth changes over time.

Our planet is amazing!

The storm waves
caused by some
earthquakes can
destroy houses.

Chapter Hurtling Through Space Earth spins once a day. It moves
fastest at the It spins at about
1,000 miles (1,610 kilometers) per hour.

The speed never changes. People do not
feel Earth moving. They move with it.

One long photography process
catches what seems to be the
movement of stars. But it is
actually Earth that is spinning.

Earths Path Earth the Sun each year.
It travels 67,000 miles (107,800 km)
per hour.

Earth is a big It has an iron core.
The core makes a magnetic field. The field
protects Earth. It blocks harmful
from the Sun. It also guides bird

The Sun gives off
solar wind, a stream
of particles that
spreads through space.
Spinning Magnet

Birds use the magnetic field
to know which direction they
should fly during migration.

Chapter Long, Long Ago Earth has seven continents today. But the
continents are always moving. They come
together. They break apart. Earth had only
one continent at times. Pangaea was the
most recent giant continent. It broke apart
million years ago.

North America
moves about inch
(2.3 centimeters)
each year.

Scientists learn
about the past
by studying the
remains of plants
and animals.

The Great Dying
Earth has seen many mass
One of them happened
on Pangaea. It was the Permian
extinction. It killed off percent
of The other percent
lived. They Todays life
comes from that percent.

Goodbye Dinos The K T extinction was million
years ago. It killed off the dinosaurs.

Giant Mushrooms
A huge once covered Earth.

This was to million years ago.

Mushrooms grew taller than todays
giraffes! Today the largest organism is
a fungus. It is in Oregon. It would cover
more than 1,800 football fields. It is
mostly underground. But it shoots out
of the soil in places. There, people can
see its mushrooms.

A mushroom is
a type of fungus.

Chapter Rumbling Giant Earth is active. Giant plates underground
move. Their motion can cause earthquakes.
The strongest one measured was in 1960.
It was in Chile. It hurt or killed 4,000 people.
It created huge waves. The waves crossed
the ocean. They hit Japan. There, they killed
more people.

The country of Chile lies
on a fault line. Thats
where two underground
plates press against
each other.

Ring of Fire Most quakes occur in the Ring of Fire.
This area is in the Pacific Ocean.