How Mountains Are Made
分級讀本/橋梁書
How Mountains Are Made
620L
書籍資訊
| 適讀年齡 | 4 - 8 |
| 適合年級 | K - 4 |
| 字數 | 1,076 字 |
| Grade level equivalent | |
| AR level | |
| F&p/guided reading level | |
| Lexile | 620L |
| DRA level | |
| 出版社 | National Geographic School Pub |
| 出版日期 | March 1995 |
29,028 feet tall and still growing?!Even though Mount Everest measures 29,028 feet high, it may be growing about two inches a year. A mountain might be thousands of feet high, but it can still grow taller or shorter each year. Mountains are created when the huge plates that make up the earth's outer shell very slowly pull and push against one another. Read and find out about all the different kinds of mountains.
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