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Miep Gies Biography

preserved Anne Frank's diaryBorn: Feb. 15, 1909Died: Jan. 11, 2010 (Noord-Holland, Netherlands) Best Known as: woman who hid Anne Frank and her family Miep Gies…

Tsunami Factfile

The Indian Ocean tsunami that occured in December 2004 was the deadliest in history by Borgna Brunner Before and after satellite images of Banda Aceh, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Related Links…

DK Science: Plate Tectonics

FRACTURED CRUST PLATE BOUNDARIES SUPERCONTINENT SEA-FLOOR SPREADING FIND OUT MORE Scientists believe that the Earth’s outer crust is made up of about huge fragments, called tectonic plates…

DK Nature: Crustaceans

WHERE DO CRUSTACEANS LIVE? WHAT DO CRUSTACEANS EAT? ARE BABY CRUSTACEANS LIKE THE ADULTS? CRUSTACEAN CLASSIFICATIONKRILLFIND OUT MOREThese invertebrates include crabs, barnacles, KRILL, and…

Leiter, Saul

(Encyclopedia) Leiter, SaulLeiter, Saullītˈər [key], 1923–2013, American photographer, b. Pittsburgh. A painter in the early 1940s, Leiter switched to photography late in the decade. Along with…

Changing World Geography

Millions of years from now, Los Angeles will be close to Alaska. Our world is moving constantly, spinning at a rate of 1,000 miles per hour. We are whirling around the sun at 20 miles per second.…

seafloor spreading

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Schematic model of the oceanic crust, showing seafloor spreading seafloor spreading, theory of lithospheric evolution that holds that the ocean floors are spreading outward…

DK People & Places: Physical World

FACTFILE: PHYSICAL WORLDFIND OUT MOREDespite its being called “Earth,” more than two-thirds of our planet’s surface is covered in water. The rest consists of seven vast expanses of land called…

Major Storms

Cyclones U.S. Hurricanes Other Hurricanes Typhoons Blizzards Cyclones, hurricanes, and typhoons are the same kind of tropical storm but are called by different names in…

Tsunamis

The Question: What causes tidal waves? Also, how large can they become and what are the chances that they will occur? The Answer: First, a…