Title:
Under your feet / written by Dr Jackie Stroud ; RHS author and consultant Dr Marc Redmile-Gordon ; illustrated by Wenjia Tang.
ISBN:
9781465490957
Personal Author:
Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2020.
Physical Description:
64 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
General Note:
Published in association with the Royal Horticultural Society.
Includes index.
Contents:
Why do we need soil? -- Global warming -- The stuff of soil -- Soil horizons -- Soil city -- Shoots and roots -- Growing food -- A worm's work -- Decomposing -- Dry soil -- Soggy soil -- Beautiful boglands -- Sun, wind, and rain -- Awake at night -- Fungus kingdom -- Wonderful worms -- Marvellous moles -- Burrowers -- Spineless invertebrates -- Ant nations -- Tiny life -- Microbes in action -- All that glitters -- Ground around the world -- Soil to sand -- Moon dust -- Can plants grow on Mars? -- Be a soil scientist -- Taking care of soil.
Summary:
Down where worms wriggle and microbes squirm, there's a whole world waiting to be discovered... Under Your Feet delves beneath the Earth's surface and explores the diverse wonders hidden there. Encounter creatures of the deep and marvel at the mind-boggling size of the humongous fungus - the biggest organism in the world. Learn how one handful of ordinary soil contains more organisms than there are people on Earth, and carry out experiments using dirt from your own back garden. Under Your Feet offers you the opportunity to expand your knowledge of the natural world and soil-dwelling creatures big and small. Bursting with colorful illustrations and photography, this is the perfect book for budding young plant experts, animal fanatics, and geologists, and anyone who is curious about the ground we walk on.
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Audience:
IG840L Lexile
OCLC Number:
on1153411146
Availability:
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