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magnometers 70 minerals 30, 118, 214 Nile, River 12, 17 gas 117
mammals 22, 86, 154, 266 mines 110, 162, 200 nitrogen 117 liquids 148
mammoths 51, 202 minotaur 178 nonfiction 44 solids 234
Mandarin 144, 284 Mississippi River 184 North America 184 Passover 207
maps 155, 182 mitochondria 41, 56 North Pole 180 peas 115
Europe 292 mixtures 168 nose 149, 225, 232 pencils 280
the world 292–293 mobile phones 69, 182, 190, notation, musical 177 pendulums 61
Marie Antoinette 113 250, 280 novels 43 penguins 21, 24, 39, 197, 266
markets 274 Model T Ford 259 nuclear physics 192 pens 280
Mars 156, 233, 237, 289 molecules 34, 58 nucleus 34, 41, 56, 58 percussion instruments 175, 188
marsupials 154 mollusks 139 numbers 112, 185 periodic table 90
masks 35, 200–201, 253 monarchy 123, 290 numerators 112 perspective 209
mass production 97 money 169, 201 nurses 274 Perugino, Pietro 209
materials 58, 157 monkeys 124, 170 nutrition 106 petals 103
buildings 48 monotremes 86 pets 54, 81, 152–153
changing states 57, 148, 234 monsoons 221 Oo pharaohs 12, 17
elements 90 the moon 161, 171, 219 Oceania 186 philosophy 189
plastic 195 eclipses 77 oceans and seas 187 Phobos 156
mathematics gravity 125 coral reefs 74 photo messaging 69
fractions 112 landings 31, 171, 181 exploration 181 photography 190
measuring 159 lunar rovers 259 garbage in 198 photosynthesis 191
multiplication 287 tides 254 habitats 126, 197 physics 192, 217
numbers 185 moons, planets 141, 156, 161, prehistoric life 202 pirates 193
shapes 222 183, 196, 216 sea battles 279 pitch 235
symmetry 248 Morse Code 66 sea levels 51 pixels 251
volume 159, 269 mosques 262 seashore 220 place value 185
matter 192 moss 194 tides 254 planes 13, 92, 277
Matterhorn 172 motherboards 71 volcanoes 268 planets 181, 219, 289
Maya 158 motor racing 52 water cycle 270 dwarf planets 196
measuring 159 motte and bailey castles 53 oil 110 Earth 83, 263
temperature 252 mountains 50, 51, 84, 122, 172 Olympic Games 18, 241 Jupiter 141
volume 269 mouth 79, 249 optic nerve 226 Mars 156
meat-eating plants 194 movement oral history 42 Mercury 161
mechanical engineering 91 energy 88 orbit minor planets 183
mechanics 192 friction 114 Earth 32 Neptune 183
medicine 137, 160, 218, 274 muscles 173 moon 171 Saturn 216
equipment 192 movies see film Pluto 196 solar system 233
robots 212 mucus 225, 232 orchestras 188 types of 233
medieval period 44, 142, 160, 278 Mughal Empire 19 Osman I, Sultan 262 Uranus 264
meerkats 107, 124 multiplication 287 ostriches 86 Venus 265
melanin 119, 229 mummies 17 otters 21 plankton 165
melting 57 muscles 130, 173 Ottomans 262 plants 38, 194
membranes, cell 41, 56 mushrooms 174 ovaries 103 cells 56
memory 231 music 131, 176–177, 188 oxbow lakes 143 flowers 103
Mercury 161, 233, 289 instruments 175 oxygen 34, 49, 58, 117, 120, food chains 89, 107
Mesopotamia 121 musicals 100 128, 191 fruit and seeds 115
mesosphere 33 myths 178 breathing 149 habitats 126
metals 30, 162, 200, 205, 234 photosynthesis 191
precious 199 Nn Pp trees 261
metamorphic rocks 213, 214 Native Americans 14, 179 pain 256 plastic 121, 137, 195, 198, 205
metamorphosis 163 natural selection 95 paint 26 plates, tectonic 85
meteorites 24, 162, 164 navigation 70, 73, 155, 182, 215 painting 28, 201, 243 platinum 199
meteors 200 negative numbers 185 palaces 244 plays 253
metro systems 260 Neptune 183, 233, 289 Panama Canal 184 Pluto 183, 196
Mexico 206 nerves 41, 45, 127, 229 pandas 29 poetry 43
microbiology 38 nervous system 45, 130 Pangaea 50 Poland 277
microorganisms 38, 165 nests 23 parchment 44 polar bears 25, 197
microscopes 165 neurons 45, 256 Paris 275 polar habitats 126, 197
migration 166 Newton, Isaac 125 parrots 39 poles 151
milk, mammals 154 newts 15 Parthenon 18 police 145
Milky Way 40, 116, 167, 247, 263 night 77 particles 34, 58, 90 pollen 103

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