题名:
Animals by the numbers   Animals by the numbers / Steve Jenkins ,
ISBN:
978-0-544-63092-5 价格: CNY182.96(USD17.99)
语种:
eng
载体形态:
48 pages color illustrations 29cm
出版发行:
出版地: Boston 出版社: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 出版日期: 2016
内容提要:
How many species are there across the globe? How much do all of the insects in the world collectively weigh? How far can animals travel? Steve Jenkins answers these questions and many more with numbers, images, innovation, and authoritative science 
主题词:
Animals   Juvenile literature
主题词:
Graphic methods   Juvenile literature
主题词:
Charts, diagrams, etc   Juvenile literature
中图分类法:
Q95 版次: 5
主要责任者:
Jenkins Jenkins author
附注:
American Library Association Notable Children's Books, 2017 
附注:
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor, 2017 
附注:
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students, 2017 
内容附注:
The animal kingdom: how animals are classified -- Animal species: how many different kinds of animals are there? -- Size: from the small to the gigantic -- Biomass: how much do all the termites in the world weigh? -- More biomass: the world's heavyweight champions -- Speed: what are the fastest animals? -- Animal leapers: jump! -- Wingbeats: staying airborne -- Sleep: how many hours a night? -- Life spans: from one day to 500 years -- Heart rate: fast and slow -- Horns: different shapes and sizes, all with a sharp point -- Tongues: for reaching-or catching-a meal -- Animal sounds: loud and louder -- Defenses: how an armadillo stays safe -- Poisonous or venomous?: the most toxic animals in the world -- Deadly animals: human deaths caused by animals -- Deadlier: the most dangerous of all -- High land low: living on a mountain top or deep in the sea -- Hot and cold: surviving in extremes -- Migration: animal journeys -- Mass extinctions: life's greatest disasters -- Endangered animals: almost gone