Publisher's Synopsis
Each "Eyewitness Visual Dictionary" provides access to a 3000-word specialist vocabulary, actually showing what a word means by using photographs and illustrations.;"The Visual Dictionary of the Earth" contains models and artworks showing the building blocks of this planet and pictorially describing the earth's fascinating solar system. Contents include: earth movements; atmosphere and climate; rocks and minerals; volcanoes; nutrient cycles; oceans and seas; glaciers; mountains; forests; deserts; human influences; geological clock.