Childrens Illustrated Encyclopedia

559 Weather Cloud formation there are three main kinds of clouds, which form at different heights in the air. feathery, cirrus c ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 560 How far away is the moon? How deep are the oceans? How tall are you? ...

561 The varied climaTes, landscapes, and resources of the countries of West africa have attracted both traders and colonizers. a ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 WEST AFRICA 562 Wodaabe people The nomadic Wodaabe people graze their he ...

WEST AFRICA 563 Logging in the ivory coast the tropical rain forests in the moist, humid interior of the ivory coast have suffer ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 Gourds Gourds (right) are fruit that grow in most parts of Africa. When ...

565 Western expansion There were no trees or rocks to use as building materials on the Great Plains. So the first settlers built ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 fifty MiLLiON yEARS before humans first lived on Earth, whales were swim ...

Whales and dolphins 567 Echolocation in addition to using their sight and hearing, dolphins are able to sense other creatures ne ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 568 SometimeS the SimpleSt inventionS are the most important. Although n ...

At the equator, the sun’s heat warms the air. In this area, the air rises, causing a belt of calm air called the doldrums. 569 W ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 570 Up to 200 years ago women had few rights. they were not allowed to v ...

WOMEN’S RIGHTS 571 Seneca fallS The first national women’s rights convention was held at Seneca falls, new York, in July 1848. I ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 572 Wonders Halicarnassus Ephesus Babylon Giza Rhodes Location of the Wo ...

573 Allied countries are green, Central Powers are pink, and neutral countries are shown in beige. countries at war the war invo ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 world war i 574 U-boats German submarines called underwater boats, or U- ...

575 In 1939, German tanks and bombers attacked Poland, and the bloodiest war in history began. Like World War I, World War II wa ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 world war ii 576 world war II D-Day In June 1944, allied troops invaded ...

Earthworm there are more than 3,000 kinds of earthworms. these long-bodied animals help to keep the soil healthy. as the earthwo ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 Manuscript a writer’s original typed or handwritten version of a work is ...