Oak Trees Inside and OutEach of these beautiful books features a series of lavishly illustrated spreads that invite young readers to explore the inner workings of an animal or a plant, while providing an understanding of how they work as well as how they interact with the environment in which they live. Other topics included in this inside-out look at animal and plant life include their natural enemies, geographical range, evolutionary history, defensive techniques, and the relationship the subject plant or animal has to humans. The intricately detailed color drawings and stunning photos offer a dazzling tour of the circulatory, digestive, reproductive, and respiratory systems of each animal and plant covered. The reader-friendly text enhances and explains the striking images. Getting Into Nature is a rich and lavish introduction to the science, beauty, and wonder of nature, sure to create a new generation of nature lovers and science enthusiasts. With the help of beautifully detailed illustrations and photographs, this book leads us on an intimate tour of the oak tree's dense root system, its lush canopy the trunk's complex circulatory system, its reproductive processes, and its unique and densely-packed seed--the acorn. We learn the importance of the oak to combat air pollution and supply building materials for people, as well as to provide a food supply for many woodland animals. |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Common terms and phrases
acorn woodpecker acorns to eat Andrew Hipp animals branches breathe carbon dioxide carries water catkins chipmunk chlorophyll chloroplast cynipid wasp dead dioxide and water drawing shows English oak Quercus epidermal Feeder roots female flowers fibers fungi Gall makers Gall-making insects germinate Green plants grow growth Heartwood hide inner bark inside Jays and squirrels larva layer living cells living things male flowers mesophyll cell meters million years ago Mistletoe North American Oak Flowers oak forests oak leaf oak Quercus robur oak tree Oak trunks Oak wood Oak's Outer bark ovules passenger pigeons photosynthesis takes place pollen grain Pore mushrooms power from sunlight produced root system sapwood scrub oak seed leaves seedlings shoot side roots soil species sprout Stigmas Stores water sugar and oxygen sunlight to turn Tannic acids thick Thylakoids tropical tyloses vascular cambium vessels water and minerals water and nutrients water into sugar water-carrying Wisconsin woody young tree
Bibliographic information
| Title | Oak Trees Inside and Out Getting into nature |
| Author | Andrew Hipp |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0823942066, 9780823942060 |
| Length | 27 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / General Science / General Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Forestry |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |