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Author
Series
Lexile measure
AD 470L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Using a wide variety of stunning photographs, author Kevin Kurtz poses thought-provoking questions to help readers determine if things are living or nonliving. For example, if most (but not all) living things can move, can any nonliving things move? As part of the Compare and Contrast series, this is a unique look at determining whether something is living or nonliving."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Key biological terms are defined in a way that all readers can understand in this book that explains the essential concepts of life processes and how living and nonliving things relate to each other. The basics of feeding, respiration, waste, and reproduction, among other important activities that sustain living things, are explained in clear, simple language, with colorful photographs to illustrate them. Non-living things are defined and described,...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xx, 348 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"We all assume we know what life is, but the more scientists learn about the living world-from protocells to brains, from zygotes to pandemic viruses-the harder they find it is to locate life's edge"--
Publisher
World Book
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Introduction to living things' basic needs using simple text, illustrations, and photos. Features include puzzles and games, fun facts, a resource list, and an index"--
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"As far as we know, Earth is the only inhabited planet in the Universe. So what makes Earth such an ideal place for life to survive? And how did it all get started? Life as We Know It goes back to the beginnings of life on our planet, explaining to middle grade readers how it emerged under hostile conditions from a chemical soup as a simple self-contained unit: the cell. Key biological themes, such as how cells work, produce energy, and reproduce...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A critical study of the complex issues surrounding the question of life demonstrates how science can provide us with a definitive understanding of the nature of life, while looking at how modern science can revolutionize our concept of life.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 341 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What defines who we are? For decades, the biological answer has been our genes. In The Master Builder, leading biologist Alfonso Martinez Arias breaks with decades of scientific and popular tradition to make a bold argument: what defines us is our cells. Drawing on new research from his lab and others, Martinez Arias reveals that we are composed of a thrillingly complex, constantly rearranging symphony of cells that know how to count, feel, and ultimately...
Author
Publisher
Pebble
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"All living things need water to survive. From a tiny flower to a giant elephant, without water they would not be alive. Young readers will learn how different living things use water."--
Author
Publisher
Pebble, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"All living things need air to survive. From plants to sea creatures, without air they would not be alive. Young readers will discover what air is, where it is found, and how different living things use it."--
Author
Publisher
Pebble
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"All living things need food to survive. From trees to bees, without food they would not be alive. Young readers will discover how different living things use food."--
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
145 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The renowned Nobel Prize-winning scientist's elegant and concise explanation of the fundamental ideas in biology and their uses today. Hailed by Philip Pullman as "a great communicator" who is also "as distinguished a scientist as there could be," Paul Nurse writes with delight at life's richness and a sense of the urgent role of biology in our time. With What Is Life? he delivers a brief but powerful work of popular science in the vein of Carlo...
19) La prehistoria
Series
Publisher
Libsa
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
44 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
Español
Author
Publisher
Pebble
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Living things need sunlight. Without light plants, animals, and humans would not be able to survive. Young readers will discover the ways that different living things use sunlight."--
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