First Children Encyclopedia

Index

303

Venezuela 16, 58

Venus flytrap 146

vertebrae 106

vertebrates 122, 128, 297

Vietnam 46, 75, 58

Vikings 90–91

viruses 153, 297

vitamins 117, 216

volcanoes 33, 247, 249, 250,

253, 256

W

Wales 23

wallabies 131

walruses 9, 132, 133

warrior 87, 91

warthog 168

water 99, 224, 227, 228, 256,

258–259

water cycle 260–261

waterfall 17

water hole 168–169

water vapour 226, 230

weather 170, 264–265

West Indies 15

Western Sahara 18

wetlands 261

wheat 11, 165

wind 247, 263, 265

wind turbines 236, 266, 267

windpipe 110, 111

woodpeckers 135, 161

work 61, 78–79

world wars 96, 217

worms 127, 142, 223

worship 64, 65

writing 60, 66–67

X

x-ray 98, 215, 297

Y

yeast 151

Yemen 43, 58

Z

Zambia 19, 59

Zimbabwe 19, 59

Thailand 46, 63, 79, 59

theatre 60, 72, 86

Tibet 48

tissue 103, 104

toads 138, 139

Togo 18, 58

tombs 69, 84

tongue 109, 121

Torah 63, 65

torches 238

tornadoes 265

tortoises 126, 136, 137

touching 109

trains, bullet 221

trains, steam 215

Trans-Alaskan Pipeline 10

transpiration 148, 149, 297

transplant 104, 297

trees 42, 160, 162

Triassic period 183

Triceratops 187, 196,

Trojan War 87

tundra 156

turbine 296, 297

Turkey 42, 59

Turkmenistan 40, 58

turtle 179, 180

Tyrannosaurus Rex (T. rex) 137,

182, 183, 187, 198–199, 206–207

U

Uganda 19, 58

Ukraine 37, 58

United Arab Emirates

(UAE) 43, 58

United Kingdom (UK) 22–23, 59

United States of America (USA)

12–13, 58, 69

Universe 213, 216, 238, 291,

292–293, 297

urinary system 105, 121

Uruguay 17, 58

Uzbekistan 40, 58

V

vaccinations 153, 297

valleys 252

veins 104

Velociraptor 183, 202–203

velocity 243

space shuttle 81, 271, 282–283

space stations 270, 284

spacewalk 284, 285

Spain 30–31, 69

sparkler 232

speed 243

sperm 118, 119, 125

Sphinx 85

spiders 52, 142, 166, 174

spiracles 111

sponges 39, 127, 143

sport 61, 76–77

squid 127, 205

squirrels 124, 160, 161

Sri Lanka 45, 59

stalactites 174, 251

starfish 127, 143

stars 268, 288, 290–291, 293

statues 48, 63, 91, 93

Steady State Theory 293

stomach 104, 116

Sudan 18, 59

Suez canal 19

sugar 14, 165

Sun 288

sunflower oil 229

sunlight 263

supersonic jets 241

Surinam 16, 59

Surtsey, Iceland 253

Swaziland 19, 58

sweat 113

Sweden 20, 59

Switzerland 29, 58

Sydney Opera House 69

symbol 62, 66, 85, 91

synagogue 65

Syria 43, 59

T

Taj Mahal 69

Tajikistan 40, 59

Tanzania 19, 75, 59

Tasmanian devil 130

tasting 109

Teflon 220

telescope 214, 238

temple 86, 92, 93

Terracotta army 48