A World in a Drop of Water : Exploring with a Microscope
A World in a Drop of Water : Exploring with a Microscope
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A great introduction to the world of single-celled organisms, this inexpensive volume showcases an array of curious creatures: a blob-like amoeba; a slipper-shaped paramecium and its mortal enemy, the suctorian; the hydra and its crown of grasping tentacles; and many others. The authors recount the feeding, reproductive, and defensive strategies employed by these animals in easy-to-understand language that opens the door to a wonderful world of discovery. 1969 edition. 37 illus.
A World in a Drop of Water: Exploring with a Microscope,Alvin Silverstein,Virginia Silverstein,Dover Publications,0486403815,Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science,Children: Grades 4-6,Freshwater biology,Juvenile Nonfiction,Juvenile literature,Science & Nature - Biology,Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - Water (Oceans, Lakes, Etc.),Science & Nature - Experiments & Projects,General science,Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Experiments & Projects
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