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Gg mountain 172 skin 229 Kk magnometers 70 minerals 30, 118, 214 Nile, River 12, 17 gas 117
Gagarin, Yuri 31, 33, 181 oceans and seas 187 temperature 252 kangaroos 154 mammals 22, 86, 154, 266 mines 110, 162, 200 nitrogen 117 liquids 148
galaxies 37, 116, 167, 263 polar regions 197 water 121, 130, 148 Kenya 102 mammoths 51, 202 minotaur 178 nonfiction 44 solids 234
Galilean moons 141 rain forests 204 humanoid robots 212 Kepler-16b 233 Mandarin 144, 284 Mississippi River 184 North America 184 Passover 207
Galilei, Galileo 32 seashore 220 humans, early 82, 180, 202 keyboards maps 155, 182 mitochondria 41, 56 North Pole 180 peas 115
games 69, 240–241 hair 119, 130, 154 hunting 243 computer 71 Europe 292 mixtures 168 nose 149, 225, 232 pencils 280
Ganymede 141 Halley’s Comet 68 huntsman spiders 238 musical instruments 175 the world 292–293 mobile phones 69, 182, 190, notation, musical 177 pendulums 61
garbage 121, 198, 205 hammerhead sharks 223 hurricanes 246 kimonos 63 Marie Antoinette 113 250, 280 novels 43 penguins 21, 24, 39, 197, 266
gases 57, 110, 117 Hammurabi, King 145 Huygens, Christiaan 61 Kindertransport 277 markets 274 Model T Ford 259 nuclear physics 192 pens 280
Gaudi, Antonio 245 hamsters 152 hydroelectric power 120 kiwis 186 Mars 156, 233, 237, 289 molecules 34, 58 nucleus 34, 41, 56, 58 percussion instruments 175, 188
gears 61 Han Dynasty 16 hydrogen 58, 120 knights 142, 278 marsupials 154 mollusks 139 numbers 112, 185 periodic table 90
gemstones 118 Hang Son Doong cave 55 masks 35, 200–201, 253 monarchy 123, 290 numerators 112 perspective 209
genes 119 hard drive 71 Ii Ll mass production 97 money 169, 201 nurses 274 Perugino, Pietro 209
gerbils 152 Harry Potter 44 ice ages 51, 202 lakes 122, 143, 211 materials 58, 157 monkeys 124, 170 nutrition 106 petals 103
Germany 102, 277 hearing 127 ice caves 55 land pollution 198 buildings 48 monotremes 86 pets 54, 81, 152–153
germs 160, 225 heart 128 igloos 245 language 66, 67, 144 changing states 57, 148, 234 monsoons 221 Oo pharaohs 12, 17
Giant’s Causeway 94 heat igneous rocks 213, 214 computer 65 elements 90 the moon 161, 171, 219 Oceania 186 philosophy 189
gills 101, 120, 174 conducting 157 imports 257 Latin 144, 284 plastic 195 eclipses 77 oceans and seas 187 Phobos 156
giraffes 12, 95, 124 friction 114 Incas 132, 236 Latin dance 76 mathematics gravity 125 coral reefs 74 photo messaging 69
glaciers 55, 93, 122 helicopters 13 India 29, 63, 102 latitude 182 fractions 112 landings 31, 171, 181 exploration 181 photography 190
glass 48, 75, 205 helium 90, 117 ancient 19, 42, 272 lava 135, 234, 268 measuring 159 lunar rovers 259 garbage in 198 photosynthesis 191
glasses 226 heraldry 142 Industrial Revolution law 145 multiplication 287 tides 254 habitats 126, 197 physics 192, 217
gods and goddesses 18, 132, 158, herbivores 107, 154 89, 133 leaves 27, 109, 115, 191, 194, numbers 185 moons, planets 141, 156, 161, prehistoric life 202 pirates 193
179, 183, 208 herds 21 inheritance 119 248, 261 shapes 222 183, 196, 216 sea battles 279 pitch 235
gold 44, 90, 199, 200–201 hibernation 129 insects 105, 134, 139 leeches 160 symmetry 248 Morse Code 66 sea levels 51 pixels 251
Golden Gate Bridge 46 hieroglyphs 17, 66 pollen 103 legends 178 volume 159, 269 mosques 262 seashore 220 place value 185
goldfish 101 hill forts 140 spiders 238 lemurs 12, 170 matter 192 moss 194 tides 254 planes 13, 92, 277
governments 123 Himalayas 84 instruments length 159 Matterhorn 172 motherboards 71 volcanoes 268 planets 181, 219, 289
GPS 155, 182, 215 Hindi 144, 280 medical 160 lens (eye) 226 Maya 158 motor racing 52 water cycle 270 dwarf planets 196
grasshoppers 134 Hinduism 207, 208 musical 175, 176–177, 188 Leonardo da Vinci 209, 218–19 measuring 159 motte and bailey castles 53 oil 110 Earth 83, 263
grasslands 124, 126 Hippocrates 160 insulators 157, 195 leopards 54 temperature 252 mountains 50, 51, 84, 122, 172 Olympic Games 18, 241 Jupiter 141
gravity 108, 125 Hokusai 28 International Space Station 31, levers 150 volume 269 mouth 79, 249 optic nerve 226 Mars 156
Great Barrier Reef 74 HoloLens 69 33, 212 life meat-eating plants 194 movement oral history 42 Mercury 161
Great Red Spot 141 home school 273 international trade 257 on Earth 50, 83, 247, 270 mechanical engineering 91 energy 88 orbit minor planets 183
Great Wall of China 16 homes 244–245 Internet 69, 138 tree of life 286 mechanics 192 friction 114 Earth 32 Neptune 183
great white sharks 223 animals 23 intertidal zone 254 life cycle 146 medicine 137, 160, 218, 274 muscles 173 moon 171 Saturn 216
Greece, ancient 18, 67, 241, 269, caves 55 intestines 41, 79 light 147 equipment 192 movies see film Pluto 196 solar system 233
272, 278 hominins 82 inventions 16, 20, 136–137, 217 light bulbs 59, 217 robots 212 mucus 225, 232 orchestras 188 types of 233
alphabet 284 horse-drawn vehicles 258 invertebrates 22, 139, 238, 286 lightning 87, 246, 252 medieval period 44, 142, 160, 278 Mughal Empire 19 Osman I, Sultan 262 Uranus 264
medicine 160 houseboats 245 Io 141 lines of symmetry 248 meerkats 107, 124 multiplication 287 ostriches 86 Venus 265
philosophy 189 Hua Mulan 178 iris (eye) 226 lionfish 101 melanin 119, 229 mummies 17 otters 21 plankton 165
theater 253 Hubble, Edwin 167 iron 135, 140, 164 lions 54, 107, 124 melting 57 muscles 130, 173 Ottomans 262 plants 38, 194
green transportation 258 Hubble Space Telescope 33, 215 Iron Age 140 liquids 57, 148, 159 membranes, cell 41, 56 mushrooms 174 ovaries 103 cells 56
Greenwich Mean Time 255 human biology 38 irregular galaxies 116 lizards 78, 210, 266 memory 231 music 131, 176–177, 188 oxbow lakes 143 flowers 103
griffins 178 human body 130 Islam 76, 207, 208, 262, 272 log boats 258 Mercury 161, 233, 289 instruments 175 oxygen 34, 49, 58, 117, 120, food chains 89, 107
Gris, Juan 28 brain 45 Istanbul 262 longhouses, Viking 267 Mesopotamia 121 musicals 100 128, 191 fruit and seeds 115
growing up 146 breathing 149 longitude 182 mesosphere 33 myths 178 breathing 149 habitats 126
growth 231 carbon 49 Jj longships, Viking 267 metals 30, 162, 200, 205, 234 photosynthesis 191
guinea pigs 153 cells 41 Japan 63 Louis XVI of France 113 precious 199 Nn Pp trees 261
gunpowder 279 defense system 225 Imperial 53, 131 lunar rovers 259 metamorphic rocks 213, 214 Native Americans 14, 179 pain 256 plastic 121, 137, 195, 198, 205
gymnastics 239 digestive system 79 jet engines 92 lungs 149 metamorphosis 163 natural selection 95 paint 26 plates, tectonic 85
energy 88 jet lag 255 meteorites 24, 162, 164 navigation 70, 73, 155, 182, 215 painting 28, 201, 243 platinum 199
Hh feelings 99 jewelry 47, 75, 118, 200 Mm meteors 200 negative numbers 185 palaces 244 plays 253
habitable zone 83 genes 119 jobs 274 machines 133, 150 metro systems 260 Neptune 183, 233, 289 Panama Canal 184 Pluto 183, 196
habitats 126 heart 128 joints 228 Machu Picchu 132, 236 Mexico 206 nerves 41, 45, 127, 229 pandas 29 poetry 43
conservation 72 ingredients 130 jousting 142 madrasas 272 microbiology 38 nervous system 45, 130 Pangaea 50 Poland 277
coral reefs 74 life cycle 146 Judaism 207, 208, 277 Magellan, Ferdinand 96 microorganisms 38, 165 nests 23 parchment 44 polar bears 25, 197
deserts 78 muscles 173 judges 145 magma 135, 213, 268 microscopes 165 neurons 45, 256 Paris 275 polar habitats 126, 197
forests 109 senses 127, 226, 232, 249, 256 jumping spiders 238 magnetic field 70, 135, 151 migration 166 Newton, Isaac 125 parrots 39 poles 151
grasslands 124 sickness 225 Jupiter 141, 233, 289 magnetism 108 milk, mammals 154 newts 15 Parthenon 18 police 145
intertidal zone 254 skeleton 228 juries 145 magnets 151 Milky Way 40, 116, 167, 247, 263 night 77 particles 34, 58, 90 pollen 103

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