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Iran 43, 59
Iraq 43, 58
Ireland 22–23, 59
iron 99, 226, 257
Islam 62, 64
Israel 43, 59
Italy 32, 59, 68
Ivory Coast 18, 58

J


Japan 50–51, 59, 75, 221
Japanese theatre 73
jaw 106, 120
jellyfish 52, 127, 180, 205
Jews 62, 63, 65
jobs 78, 79
joeys 131
joints 105, 106, 107
Jordan 43, 83, 59
jousting 94
Judaism 62, 63, 65
Jurassic period 183, 210

K


kangeroos 130–131
Kazakhstan 40, 58
Kenya 19, 58
kidneys 104
kingfisher 177
knights 94–95
koalas 130
Koran see Qur’an
Kosovo 38, 59
Kuwait 43, 58
Kyrgyzstan 40, 59

L


ladybirds 141
lakes 32, 41, 156,
178–179, 258
language 60, 89
Laos 46, 59
Lapland 20
Latvia 36, 59
lava 250, 291
leaves 148, 161
Lebanon 43, 59
leisure 61, 76–77
lemmings 159
Lesotho 19, 58
Liberia 18, 58

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H


habitat 156, 295
Hadrian’s wall 89
hadrosaur 189, 194, 195
hailstones 265
hair 105, 120, 121
hardness scale 225
harvest mouse 167
Hawaii 12
hearing 109, 240
heart 104, 107, 120
heat 224
helicopters 243
herbivores 124, 154, 192, 295
Herschel, William 215
hibernation 172, 175, 295
hieroglyphics 66, 85, 295
Himalayas 48, 249
Hindus 44, 62, 274
Hoatzin 211
Honduras 15, 58
Hong Kong 48
hormones 105
Hungary 35, 58
hurricanes 264, 265
hydrosphere 258, 295

I


Iberian Peninsula 30
ice 50, 226, 227, 230, 258
icebergs 258
Iceland 20, 58, 256
Ichthyosaurus 204
igneous rock 250
immune system 105, 153, 295
Incas 92–93
incense 64
incubator 111
India 44, 45, 59, 62, 63
Indian dance 73
Indian Ocean 6–7
Indonesia 46–47, 58
inertia 243, 295
infrared radiation 215, 295
insects 127, 140–141, 161, 167, 219
insulators 224, 237, 296
Internet 97, 217
intestines 105, 115, 117
inventions 83, 97, 215, 216, 217
invertebrates 122, 296

Franklin, Benjamin 215
French Guiana 16
frogs 111, 123, 138, 139, 163
fungi 123, 150–151, 154

G


Gabon 19, 58
galaxy (galaxies) 273, 274,
293, 295
Galileo, Galilei 214
Gambia 18, 59
gas 225, 231, 233, 256
gears 244
genes 100–101, 295
Georgia 40–41, 58
Germany 28, 58
germs 112, 114, 115, 121, 215, 295
Ghana 18, 58
Giganotosaurus 183, 184–185,
200–201
glaciers 247, 252, 258, 295
gladiators 88, 295
glands 114, 121
glass 225, 257
global warming 267
God 62, 64
goddesses 62, 64, 65, 87
gods 62, 64, 65, 80, 87, 91, 92, 93
gold 93, 228, 257
gorillas 128, 172
Grand Canyon 177, 252
grass 164–165
grasslands 157, 164
gravity 212, 214, 295
Great Barrier Reef 53
Greece 39, 59, 81
greenhouse effect 262
greenhouse gases 266
Greenland 8
Greenpeace 96, 97
groundwater 260, 261
Guatemala 15, 58, 93
Guinea 18, 58
Guinea Bissau 18, 58
gurdwara 63
Guru Granth Sahib 63
Guru Nanak 63
Guyana 16, 59
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