Index
cancer 121
carbohydrates 117, 222
carbon 99, 222, 231
carbon cycle 222
carnivores 124, 155, 294
cars 217, 267
castles 69, 94–95
caves 68, 82, 174–175, 252
CDs 71, 217, 238
cells 102, 112, 118, 119, 122, 294
centipede 143
Central African Republic 18
Chad 18, 59
chain mail 91, 94
chain reactions 235
chemical reactions 232–233
Chile 15, 59
China 48, 59, 60, 190, 199
chlorophyll 161, 294
Christianity 36, 62, 65
Christmas 65
civilization 80, 92, 294
climate 56
clothes 74–75
clouds 230, 260, 264
coal 256
coastlines 252
cockroaches 175
Colombia 16, 59
Colorado river 176
common cold 121, 153
community 157
compass 215
computers 71, 77, 217
concrete 257
condensation 226, 294
Congo 19, 58
conifers 147, 172
continents 6–7, 246, 249, 294
coral 52, 53, 122, 205
Cosmic Background Radiation 293
Costa Rica 15, 59
crabs 180
crayfish 175
Cretaceous period 183, 194, 201,
202, 211
Croatia 35, 58
crocodiles 136, 137, 184
crustaceans 127, 143
crystals 251
Czech Republic 34, 58
D
da Vinci, Leonardo 214
dance 54, 73
Dead Sea 259
decibels 240, 294
deciduous 147, 160–161, 172, 294
Democratic Republic of Congo
19, 58
Denmark 21, 59
density 224
deserts 52, 149, 157, 170–171, 197
diamond 224, 225, 230, 231
diaphragm 110, 294
digestive system 105, 115,
116–117, 121
dinosaurs 137, 182–211, 223
disease 121, 150, 151
DNA 101, 217, 294
dolphins 44, 45, 129
drought 261
drums 70, 240
duck-billed platypus 52, 129
dust mites 112
DVDs 238
E
ears 109, 114, 120
Earth 6–7, 213, 246–247,
248, 249, 250, 262–263,
272–273
earthquakes 54, 216, 247, 249
earthworms 154, 255
East Timor 47, 58
echolocation 241
ecosystems 156–157, 294
Ecuador 16, 59
Edison, Thomas 216
eels 145
eggs 118, 119, 125, 136, 180
Egypt 18, 58, 78
Egyptians 84–85, 274
Einstein, Albert 216
electric cars 267
electricity 215, 220, 229, 236–237,
256, 260
electrons 228
elephants 44, 129, 169
El Salvador 15, 58
energy 105, 117, 229, 232, 233,
234–235, 236, 237, 238–239,
240–241, 266
England 23
environment 97, 219
Equator 6–7, 16, 294
Equatorial Guinea 18, 59
Eritrea 18
erosion 252–253, 255
Estonia 36, 59
estuary 259, 294
Ethiopia 18, 59
Europe 6–7, 34–35, 36, 38–39
evaporation 227, 294
experiments 218
explorers 81, 90
eyes 109, 114, 120, 239
F
fabric 74, 221
farmers 79, 80, 82, 93
fashion 60, 74–75
fats 117, 222
fault 247, 295
feathers 134, 210, 211
festival 60-61, 64, 65, 75
fingerprints 103, 217
Finland 21, 59
fire 82, 232
fire-fighter 75
fireflies 238
fish 127, 144–145, 155, 160, 169,
177, 178, 179, 181
flags 58–59, 62
floods 253
flowers 146, 162, 164, 166, 173
flying gecko 136
food 116–117, 121
food chains 154–155, 161
forces 214, 242, 245
forests 156, 160–161, 162–163
fossil fuels 222, 223, 234, 266, 295
fossils 190, 191, 195, 206–207, 219,
250, 295
France 26–27, 58
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