Pollen
Darwin's 130 Year Prediction
POLLEN: DARWIN'S 130 YEAR PREDICTION Elementary Science - POLLENHow long does it take for science to find an answer to a problem?On January 25, 1862, naturalist Charles Darwin received a box of orchids. One flower, the Madagascar star orchid, fascinated him. It had an 11.5 nectary, the place where flowers make nectar, the sweet liquid that insects and birds eat. How, he wondered, did insects pollinate the orchid? It took 130 years to find the answer.After experiments, he made a prediction. There must be a giant moth with a 11.5 proboscis, a straw-like tongue. Darwin died without ever seeing the moth, which was catalogued by entomologists in i…
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Weitere Autoren: Willis, Peter
- ISBN: 978-1-62944-119-1
- EAN: 9781629441191
- Produktnummer: 29735468
- Verlag: Mims House
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 34 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B22.1 cm x D0.6 cm 324 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 324
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Children's book author and indie publisher Darcy Pattison writes award-winning fiction and non-fiction books for children. Her works have received starred PW, Kirkus, and BCCB reviews. Awards include the Irma Black Honor award, five NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books, Eureka! Nonfiction Honor book, Junior Library Guild selections, and two NCTE Notable Children's Book in Language Arts. She's the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor's Arts Award for Individual Artist for her work in children's literature.
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