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steppes 124 theater 253 Uu weather 64, 66, 192, 215, 221,
stigma 103 thermometers 252 U-shaped valleys 93, 122 246, 271
stingrays 101 thermosphere 33 UFOs (unidentified flying weaver birds 23
stomach 79, 225 theropods 80 objects) 64 weaving 63, 75
Stone Age 62, 202, 243 thinking 45, 189 ultraviolet light 214 webs, spider 238
stone buildings 48 thunderstorms 246 Uluru 186 websites 138
Stonehenge 243 tides 254 underground trains 260 wedges 150
storms 60, 141, 246 tigers 266 United Kingdom 102 weighing 159
storytelling 42–43 time 61, 159, 289 United States 102, 123, 184 whale sharks 223
stratosphere 33 time zones 255 American West 14 wheels 91, 136, 258
stratovolcanoes 268 tin 47 Civil War 279, 290–291 bicycles 36
streams 143, 211 Titan 216 presidents 290 cars 52
street dance 76 toads 15, 266 slavery 230 tractors 150
string instruments 175, 188 togas 62 universe 37, 40, 263 whiskers 54
submersibles 224 Tokyo 275 Uranus 183, 233, 264, 289 white blood cells 225
sugar 106 tongue 54, 232, 249 urinary system 130 white light 147
suits 63 tools USB ports 71 whole numbers 185
sultans 262 animals 170 Wi-Fi 138
summer 221 first human 82 Vv wild cats 54
the sun 68, 89, 147, 233, Iron Age 140 vaccinations 160 wind
242, 247 measuring 159 vacuoles 56 Earth 271
Earth’s orbit 32 school 273 value 169 Neptune 183
eclipses 77 Stone Age 243 valves, heart 128 wind instruments 175, 188
movement 77 tornadoes 246 van Gogh, Vincent 28 wind sculptures 93
seasons 221 tortoises 210 Vatican City 275 wind turbines 60, 87, 89
sundials 61, 255 touch 256 vegetables 98, 106 winter 221
sunlight 191 Toutatis 30 veins 128 winter sports 239
sunlit zone 187 trachea 149 Venus 233, 265, 289 wireless gadgets 203
sunshine 271 tractors 150 Venus fly trap 194 wolves 81
supernovas 242 trade 96, 180, 224, 257 vertebrates 22, 266, 286 women at war 276
surface, Earth 51, 84, 135 trains 14, 92, 133, 136–137, vibrations, sound 235 wood carvings 75
suspension bridges 46 260 video calls 69 woodwind instruments 188
sweat glands 229 Transit of Venus 265 video games 71 work 169, 274
switches 59 transpiration 270 Vikings 267 working dogs 81
symmetry 248 transportation 258–259 viruses 38, 160, 165 the world 275
bicycles 36 voice box 149 map 292–293
Tt cars 52 volcanic rock 213 World War I 276
tadpoles 163 rivers 211 volcanoes World War II 63, 277
Taj Mahal 19, 29 ships 224 Earth 84, 135, 184, 213, worms 139
tanks 277 space travel 237 268 Wright brothers 137
tarantulas 238 trains 260 planets 156, 196, 265 writers 283
taste 232, 249 treasure 193 volume (maths) 159, 269 writing 280
teachers 274 tree of life 286 volume (sound) 235 ancient China 16
team sports 239 trees 78, 109, 172, 261 Voyager 2 spacecraft 264 ancient Greece 67
tears 225, 226 trench warfare 276 Bronze Age 47
tectonic plates 84 triangles 222, 248, 288 Ww systems 284
teenagers 146 Triceratops 80 wading birds 39
teeth 79 Triton 183 wagon trains 14 Xx
telegraph 69 Trojan War 278 war 67, 276, 277, 278–279 X-rays 160, 192, 219
telephones 69, 250 troposphere 33 water 58, 106, 120–121,
telescopes 32 trunks (trees) 261 148, 211 Yy
television 251 tsunamis 85 boiling and freezing 252 yellow dwarf stars 247
temperature 252 tundra 126 changing states 57
Earth 64 Turing, Alan 67 energy 60, 89 Zz
measuring 159 Turkey, Republic of 262 life on Earth 83, 270 zebras 21, 124
planets 161, 264, 265 Turkish Empire 262 pollution 198 Zheng He 96
temples 18, 35, 158 turtles 74, 210 sinking and floating 227 zoology 38
termite mounds 23, 124 twilight zone 187 water cycle 64, 270 zoos 281
tertiary consumers 107 twins 119 water sports 121
texting 69 two-dimensional shapes 222 waves 85
thatch 244 Tyrannosaurus rex 80 weapons see war

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