ISBN:

• 9780778714507
• 9780778714187
• 0778714500
• 0778714187

Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Target Audience Note: NC1120L Lexile

Notes:

• Includes index.
• Subtitle from cover.
• Accelerated Reader MG 7.7 1 83788

Contents:

• What is metal?
• How metals form ore deposits
• The history of metal use
• Ore deposits and locations
• Finding ore deposits
• Mining and crushing
• Milling and smelting
• Uses of metals
• Steel
• Effects on the environment and people
• Alternatives and recycling.

LCCN: 2004012808

Control Number: 746861

Series:

• Rocks, minerals, and resources
• Rocks, minerals, and resources.

Subjects:

• Metals -- Juvenile literature.
• Mines and mineral resources -- Juvenile literature.