Index
centipedes 21
Central America 196–7, 236–7
ceramics 103
cerebellum 77
cerebrum 76
cerium 91
chameleons 40
charts, navigation 209
cheetahs 51
chemical hazard symols 94
chemical reactions 96–7
Chile 160, 198, 199, 215
chimpanzees 57 , 151
China 194 , 195 , 215, 265
Cultural Revolution 243
Dragon Boat Festival 220
dragon dance 272
giant panda 189
junks 239
landscape 179, 181
language 260
money 248
space programme 150
symbols 258, 259
tea 186
Terracotta Army 255
chinchillas 56, 57
chitin 19
chlorophyll 10, 11
chocolate 84, 186, 201
cholera 246, 247
Christianity 218 , 220, 221, 223,
256, 258
Bible 155, 263
Christmas 220
chromosomes 83
Chrysler Building 256
churches, Norwegian 256
cichlids 29
cinema 119 , 195, 196–7, 250,
270–1
CIS (Commonwealth of
Independent States) 211
cities 188, 195, 201, 222–3
citizenship 214
citric acid 94civilizations, early 230–3,
236–7
clams, giant 42–3
cleaning fluids 95
cliffs 178
climate see weather
clipper ships 239
clothing 225, 231, 240–1, 244
cobras 41
cockles 45
cocoa 186 , 193
coconuts 187
coffee 187
Cold War 250
collision, inelastic 107
Colosseum 256
colour 114–15
colubrids 40
Columba 134–5
Columbia space missions 149,
151
comets 142–3, 149
communism 243, 250
compass 109
computers 119, 251
concrete 102
constellations 134–5
consumer goods 213
continents 154
conurbations 222–3
cooling 98
copepods 23
Copernicus 125
copper 90 , 96, 170 , 202, 229
coral 52, 53, 188–9
corn see maize
cotton 103 , 193, 244
cotyledons 10–11
cowrie shells 44–5, 249
crabs 22, 32
credit cards 248
crocodiles 41, 58
crops 186–7, 192, 193, 198
crustaceans 21, 32–3
crystals 98, 166, 168–9, 182
Cuba 243cuckoos 49, 52, 53
Curie, Marie 124
cuttlefish 43 , 50
cyanobacteria 22
cycling 189, 200
Czechoslovakia 243D
dairy foods 84
dance 195, 198, 272–3
dance music 274
Day of the Dead 220
Declaration of Independence
242
deer 59
deltas 181
democracy 215
dermis 74, 75
deserts 178, 184–5, 193, 197
living in 224–5
dhows 239 , 257
diagnosis 86
diamonds 93 , 192
diaphragm 71
diatoms 22
diet see food
digestive system 69
digital technology 264 , 265, 267
dinosaurs 172–3, 174–5
disco 272, 274
disease see health
Disney Concert Hall 256
displacement 96
Diwali 221
Djenné Mosque 256
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) 83 ,
125
dogs 36 , 57, 58, 150, 151
dolphins 55 , 259
domestic life 212, 250
Don Quixote 263
Dragon Boat Festival 220
dragons 259, 272
drama 263drugs, medical 86
drupes 17
Dubai 195, 257
durian fruit 16
dyes 96, 97
dynamics 106–7E
eagles 46 , 48 , 259
ears 77, 78 , 80, 86
Earth 139 , 148, 154–5
atmosphere 112, 155
beginnings 129
gravity 104
magnetism 108–9
water 100, 155
earthquakes 155, 156, 157, 160–1
Easter 221
echidnas 54 , 56, 57
echinoderms 21
economy 212–13, 248–9
eggs
birds’ 48–9
human 80
Egypt, Ancient 187, 193, 229
art 254
money 248
ships 238
symbols 258, 259
Eid al-Fitr 221
Einstein, Albert 105, 125
electricity 110–11, 118, 124,
125
electromagnetic spectrum
112–15
electronics 119
elements 90–1
elephants 54, 56, 57
embryos 80
energy 96, 98
electromagnetic 112–13
kinetic 106–7
solar 136
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