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