Childrens Illustrated Encyclopedia

439 Brain sends nerve signals to muscles in the hand, adjusting the strength of the grip so the egg is neither dropped nor squas ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 The invenTion of The rockeT engine was a landmark in history. not only d ...

441 We live on the surface of a huge ball of rock, earth. the landscape everywhere is made up of rocks. Most are covered by soil ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 Rocks and mineRals 442 Crystals Minerals often form crystals— solids tha ...

443 Colosseum emperors paid for expensive public games, such as chariot racing, in order to be popular with the crowds. In Rome ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 roman empire 444 Gaul Spain Britain Rome Egypt AfRicA Commanding officer ...

445 In 1932, the UnIted StateS was at one of its lowest points in history. thirteen million people—nearly one-third of the count ...

446 Moscow The capital city of the Russian Federation is Moscow. It was founded during the 12th century. At the city’s heart, on ...

russian federation 447 Russian languages in the Russian Federation more than 112 languages, including Tatar, ukrainian, and Russ ...

russian federation 448 Founded in 1893, where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Ob’ River, Novosibirsk, 1,978 miles (3,183 ...

Space program russia’s space program began with the launch of the Sputnik satellite in In 1965, the russian cosmonaut aleksei L ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 450 Russian Revolution 1914 Russia joins World War I against Germany and ...

451 Mapping Earth resources satellites take pictures of Earth’s surface. the cameras have various filters so they can pick up in ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 452 At the fAr north of europe are the countries of Scandinavia, which h ...

scandinavia 453 Copenhagen Copenhagen (right) is the capital of Denmark, and more than one quarter of all Danish people live in ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 Sandoy Sudhuroy Kalsoy Eysturoy Streymoy Vágar Bordhoy ATLANTIC OCEAN FA ...

455 A glass rod in a beaker of water looks bent because light waves travel slower through water than through air. Biology Chemis ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 456 Space travel, computers, and reliable medical care are just a few of ...

science, history of 457 1800-1900 The invention of the battery by Italian Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) led to discoveries about ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 SeaSide dangerS Most of these baby turtles, hatching from eggs buried by ...