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Libya 18, 58

Liechtenstein 29, 58

light 214, 238–239

lighthouse 239

lightning 235, 237, 265

light year 268

Liopleurodon 204–205

liquid 230

liquid metal 226

Lithuania 36, 59

lizards 47, 126, 136, 137, 184

llamas 93

Local Group 273

Loch Ness 205

longships 90

Low countries 24–25

lungs 110–111, 120

Luxembourg 25, 59

M

Macchu Picchu 93

Macedonia 38, 59

machines 66, 67, 217,

244–245

Madagascar 19, 58

Madeira 30

maize 92, 165

Malawi 19, 59

Malaysia 46, 58

Mali 18, 59

Malta 33, 59

mammals 126, 128–129, 130–131,

132–133, 296

mammoth 37, 83

manatees 133

Mandela, Nelson 97

mandirs 65

mantle 248, 296

Maoris 54

Mars 286–287

marsupials 130, 296

Masai 75

materials 213, 224

Mauritania 18, 59

Mayas 92–93

May Day 60

meadows 166, 172

Mecca (Makkah) 42, 63

medicine 141, 151

melanin 113, 296

mercury 226

Mesozoic Era 182–183

metals 257

metamorphic rock 250

meteorite 208

Mexico 14–15, 58, 208

Michelangelo 68

microchips 97, 296

micro-organisms 122

microscope 103, 116, 118, 219

Middle East 42–43

Milky Way 273, 274–275

millipede 143

minerals 251, 296

mirrors 238, 239

mobile phones 97, 217

Mohammed 63

Moldova 37, 58

molecules 228–229, 230–231, 232

moles 128, 166, 254

Mongolia 49, 59

monkeys 14, 125, 173

Monsoon 45, 296

Montenegro 38, 59

moon 81, 97, 272, 278–279,

280–281

Moore, Henry 68

Morocco 18

Morse code 66, 296

mosque 64

mosses 147, 160, 176

moulds 150

mountains 11, 16, 19, 28, 29, 32,

35, 48, 93, 157, 172, 247, 253

Mozambique 19, 59

mucus 114, 296

mudskipper 144

mummification 84, 296

mummy 84, 93,

muscles 103, 105, 106–107, 120, 124

mushrooms 150

music 60, 66, 69, 70–71, 97

musical instruments 70

musicals 72

musk oxen 158

Muslims 63, 64

N

nails 105, 120

Namibia 19

NASA 271, 283

nebula 268, 290, 291

Nepal 48, 59

nerves 103, 105, 108, 112, 120, 124

Netherlands 24, 59

neurons 120

neutrons 228

newspapers 67

Newton, Sir Isaac 214, 242

Newton’s laws of motion 242

New Zealand 54–55, 58, 137

Nicaragua 15, 58

Niger 18, 59

Nigeria 18, 59

North America 6–7, 194

Northern Ireland 22

North Korea 49, 59

North Pole 8–9, 246

Norway 21, 58

nuclear bombs 217, 229

nuclear power 96, 217, 229, 266

nucleus 102, 229, 296

O

oceans 6–7, 156, 181,

219, 263

octopuses 52, 127

oil 11, 43, 256

Olympic Games 86

Oman 43

omnivores 124, 296

opera 48, 71

opossums 131

orbiters 282, 283

orchestra 70

ores 257, 296

organs 104, 124

otters 133

Oviraptor 190, 191

oxpeckers 168

ozone layer 262

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