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classification  22           cycling  36                   rotation  77               Ff
       cliffs  93                   Cyrillic  280                 seasons  221               faces  99, 173
       climate change  25, 51, 60, 122,    cytoplasm  41, 56      surface  84                factories  97, 133, 174, 212
           143, 198                                               weather  271               fairy tales  43
       clocks  61, 159              Dd                          earthquakes  84, 85          fall  221
       clones  119                  da Gama, Vasco  96, 180     eating  79, 104–105, 249     fan dancing  76
       clothing  27, 62–63          daimyo  131                 echinoderms  139             farming  98, 105, 140, 274
       the cloud  138               dairy products  106         eclipses  77                 fashion  27, 62–63
       clouds  64, 270, 271         dams  211, 270              eco homes  244               fat, body  229
       coal  110                    dance  76                   ecology  38                  fat cells  41
       codes  66–67                 dark matter  116, 263       Edison, Thomas  137, 217     fats  106
       coding  65, 66               dark zone  187              eels  101                    faults  85
       coins  169, 201              Darwin, Charles  95         eggs  39, 86, 146, 163       feathers  39
       college  273                 day  77                     Egyptians, ancient  12, 17, 66,    feeling (touch)  256
       colonies  21                 Day of the Dead  206            152, 162, 218, 258       feelings (emotions)  99
       color  26–27                 deciduous trees  109, 126, 261  Eid  207                 ferns  194
       Columbus, Christopher  96, 180  decimals  112            Eiffel Tower  94             festivals  206–207
       comets  68, 164              decomposers  107            electorate  123              fiction  44
       communication  66, 69, 138,    deep-sea zone  187        electric cars  52            filaments  103
           215, 250                 defense system, body  225   electrical engineering  91   film  43, 100, 190
       compasses  70, 182, 218      Degas, Edgar  28            electricity  87, 120, 192    filtering  168
       compounds  58, 168           Deimos  156                   circuits  59               fins  101
       computer games  69, 71, 241  democracy  123                conducting  157            fire  82, 105
       computers  71, 137, 192, 212, 280  Denmark  102            insulators  157, 195       fish  22, 74, 101, 120, 181, 266
         circuit boards  59         denominators  112             power stations  110          eggs  86
         coding  65, 66             dermis  229                 electronics, recycling  205    farming  98
         Internet  69, 138          deserts  78, 126, 270       electrons  34, 58              sharks  223
       condensation  57             diamonds  118               elements  58, 90             fishing  72
       conduction  157              diaphragm  149              elephants  12, 19, 154       flags  102, 193
       conductors  188              dictatorships  123          elliptical galaxies  116     flammability  157
       conifers  109, 126, 194      digestion  79, 130          email  69                    Fleming, Alexander  218
       conscientious objectors  279  digital clocks  61         emojis  280                  flight  137, 209, 259, 277
       conservation  72, 281        digital money  169          energy  60, 88–89            floating  227
       Constantinople  262          digital radio  203            electricity  87            floods  60
       constellations  73           dinosaurs  80, 111, 184, 202    food  106, 107           flowers  103, 194
       constitutions  123           directions  70                fossil fuels  110          fog  271
       construction  48             Diwali  207                 engineering  91              food  104–105
       container ships  224         DNA  67, 119                engines  52, 89, 92, 260       digestion  79
       continents  50–51, 275, 293  doctors  160, 274           English language  144, 280     farming  98
       Cook, James  96              documentaries  100          Enigma codes  67               nutrition  106
       cooking  104–105             dogs  81, 95, 152, 153      environment  121, 198,         plants  191
       copper  47                   dolphins  154                   205, 258                   taste  249
       coral reefs  74              dormice  129                epidermis  229               food chains  89, 107
       core, Earth’s  135           dragons  178, 206–207       equality  189                football  239, 241
       cornea  226                  drawing  28, 219            erosion  93                  forces  108
       costumes, traditional  63    dreams  231                 erratics  122                  buoyancy  227
       countries  275, 292          drinks  97, 106, 148        eruptions, volcanic  268       friction  114
       courts  145                  droughts  60, 143           esophagus  79                  gravity  125
       crafts  75, 132              dust mites  165             Europa  141                    magnets  151
       cranes  48                   dwarf planets  196          Europe  94, 276, 277, 292    forests  72, 109, 126, 202, 204
       craters  164                                             evaporation  57, 168         Formula 1  52
       crayons  280                 Ee                          evergreen trees  261         fossil fuels  51, 60, 88, 110
       creation  37                 ears  127, 225, 235         evolution  82, 95, 286       fossils  80, 95, 111, 202, 219
       creation stories  42, 178    Earth  83, 233, 263, 289    exercise  173                foxes  81
       crocodiles  124, 210           atmosphere  33            exosphere  33                fractions  112
       cruise ships  224              changing  50–51           experiments  218             French Revolution  113
       crust, Earth’s  85, 135        gravity  125              exploration  180–181, 267    friction  108, 114
       crustaceans  139               inside  135               explorers  96                Frobisher, Martin  96
       cubed units  269               magnetic field  70, 135, 151  exports  257             frogs  15, 78, 129, 163, 236, 266
       cuneiform  47, 280             moon’s orbit  32, 171     expressions, facial  99, 173  fruit  98, 106, 115
       currency  169                  orbits the sun  32        eyes  54, 119, 226           fungi  38, 174

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