Index
Libya 18, 58
Liechtenstein 29, 58
light 214, 238–239
lighthouse 239
lightning 235, 237, 265
light year 268
Liopleurodon 204–205
liquid 230
liquid metal 226
Lithuania 36, 59
lizards 47, 126, 136, 137, 184
llamas 93
Local Group 273
Loch Ness 205
longships 90
Low countries 24–25
lungs 110–111, 120
Luxembourg 25, 59
M
Macchu Picchu 93
Macedonia 38, 59
machines 66, 67, 217,244–245
Madagascar 19, 58
Madeira 30
maize 92, 165
Malawi 19, 59
Malaysia 46, 58
Mali 18, 59
Malta 33, 59
mammals 126, 128–129, 130–131,
132–133, 296
mammoth 37, 83
manatees 133
Mandela, Nelson 97
mandirs 65
mantle 248, 296
Maoris 54
Mars 286–287
marsupials 130, 296
Masai 75
materials 213, 224
Mauritania 18, 59
Mayas 92–93
May Day 60
meadows 166, 172
Mecca (Makkah) 42, 63
medicine 141, 151
melanin 113, 296
mercury 226
Mesozoic Era 182–183
metals 257
metamorphic rock 250
meteorite 208
Mexico 14–15, 58, 208
Michelangelo 68
microchips 97, 296
micro-organisms 122
microscope 103, 116, 118, 219
Middle East 42–43
Milky Way 273, 274–275
millipede 143
minerals 251, 296
mirrors 238, 239
mobile phones 97, 217
Mohammed 63
Moldova 37, 58
molecules 228–229, 230–231, 232
moles 128, 166, 254
Mongolia 49, 59
monkeys 14, 125, 173
Monsoon 45, 296
Montenegro 38, 59
moon 81, 97, 272, 278–279,
280–281
Moore, Henry 68
Morocco 18
Morse code 66, 296
mosque 64
mosses 147, 160, 176
moulds 150
mountains 11, 16, 19, 28, 29, 32,
35, 48, 93, 157, 172, 247, 253
Mozambique 19, 59
mucus 114, 296
mudskipper 144
mummification 84, 296
mummy 84, 93,
muscles 103, 105, 106–107, 120, 124
mushrooms 150
music 60, 66, 69, 70–71, 97
musical instruments 70
musicals 72
musk oxen 158
Muslims 63, 64N
nails 105, 120
Namibia 19
NASA 271, 283
nebula 268, 290, 291
Nepal 48, 59
nerves 103, 105, 108, 112, 120, 124
Netherlands 24, 59
neurons 120
neutrons 228
newspapers 67
Newton, Sir Isaac 214, 242
Newton’s laws of motion 242
New Zealand 54–55, 58, 137
Nicaragua 15, 58
Niger 18, 59
Nigeria 18, 59
North America 6–7, 194
Northern Ireland 22
North Korea 49, 59
North Pole 8–9, 246
Norway 21, 58
nuclear bombs 217, 229
nuclear power 96, 217, 229, 266
nucleus 102, 229, 296O
oceans 6–7, 156, 181,
219, 263
octopuses 52, 127
oil 11, 43, 256
Olympic Games 86
Oman 43
omnivores 124, 296
opera 48, 71
opossums 131
orbiters 282, 283
orchestra 70
ores 257, 296
organs 104, 124
otters 133
Oviraptor 190, 191
oxpeckers 168
ozone layer 262301