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metals 175 mountains octopus 140, 235 strange but true 44–57
meteorites 303, 313 highest 326 oil 149, 173 weird 52–3
meteorology 319 longest range 178–9 Ol Doinyo Lengai 25 see also algae;
methane 76–7 Mount Roraima 12–13 olm 132 flowers; trees
Mexican tetra fish 234 penitentes 80–81 Olympic Games 334–5 plastic waste 181
Mexico 21, 29 snow 322 online access 162 plate tectonics 314
craters 313 Sun intensity 305 organs 273 platypus 235
mice 268, 274–5, 311 Tateyama Kurobe Alpine ostrich 124, 127, 239 pliosaurs 111
Michigan Micro Mote 158–9 Route 84–5 Oviraptor 126 Pluto 202–3
microprocessors 158, 159 tectonic plates 300 ovoviviparous animals 72 polar bear 112, 141
Mid-Ocean Ridge mountain see also volcanoes owls 64, 70 pollen 247
chain 178–9 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus oxygen 95, 96, 250 pollution 49
midwife toad 238 338–9 Pacific Ocean 180–81, 193 population, world 324–5
migrations Mponeng gold mine 172 Paedophryne amauensis porpoise, Dall’s 140
birds 128–9, 139, 318 MSC Oscar 150–51 212–13 Powell, Mike 137
butterflies 281 mucus 264, 265 paint 298, 331 precipitation 184–5
fish 74–5 mummification 331 aircraft 167 predators, land 112–13
military aircraft 143 muscles 94, 259 Pakaraima mountains 12–13 pregnancy 95
Milky Way 313 music 338–9 Palacio de Sal 183 President tree 106–7
Millau Viaduct 168–9 parasites 137 prism 15
minerals, colorful NOPQR parasitic wasp 252–3 propellers 156
caves 20–21 Naga fireballs 90 passenger flights 157 Pterygotus 110
Danakil 10–11 Naghol 34–5 Patagonia 21 pulmonary artery 95
ice 82 Namib Desert 52 penguins 126, 140 pythons 114, 115
Lake Natron 24–5 Napoleon 330 penicillin 288–9 Qingdao, China 48–9
mining 172–3, 175 NASA 144 penitentes 80–81 quantum theory 290, 291
missiles 143 Native American beliefs 13 Pentagon 167 Quetzalcoatlus 122–3
Missouri River 179 Natron, Lake 24–5 Pentecost Island 34–5 radiation 228–9
mites 262 Neptune 195, 199, 312 peregrine falcon 138 radish-carving contest 29
molars 104–5 nerves 259, 273 Perito Moreno 18 Rafflesia arnoldii 50–51
mollusks 236 nests personal watercraft railroad worm 234
monkey cup 53 birds 124, 232–3, 234 140–41, 146 railroads
monkeys 311 termites 281 phosphorescence 234 bridges 169
monsoons 317 neurotoxin 242 physics 290–91 track 157
Moon New Year celebrations 28–9 phytoplankton 56–7 rain
dark side 302–3 New Zealand 57 pigs, swimming 68 monsoon 317
distance from Earth Nigeria 29 Pioneer spacecraft 155 Mount Roraima 12–13
194–5 Night of the Radishes 29 pitcher plant 53 raindrops 320
formation of 326 Nile River 179 planets 194–5 weather prediction 318–19
golf on 335 Nitsch, Herbert 219 auroras 78 in a year 184–5
gravity 196, 197, 311 Noctiluca scintillans 49, 234 dwarf planets 202–3 rain forests 50–51
halo around 318 noise 248–9 Earth 300–301 raindrops 185
landings 154–5, 163 Norway 16–17 gravity 196–7 rats 274, 275
moonquakes 315 noses 261, 264, 265, 270 mass 200–201 red blood cells 97
phases 312 nuggets, gold 174 moons 80 red-billed quelea 221
surface area 202 nutrients 95, 96 rings 204–5 redwood tree 45
and tides 317 Oaxaca, Mexico 29 temperature 198–9, 312 redwoods 107
Moore, Gordon 158 ocean quahog clam 132, 133 plants reflexes 265
morning glory clouds 86–7 oceanic crust 173 carnivorous 53 relativity 290, 291
Morocco 66–7 oceans colorful 48–51, 56–7 reptiles 240–41
Mosasaurus 116 deadliest animal 226–7 fastest growing 131 revolutions 328–9, 341
mosquitoes 277 Earth 300, 301 fruits 284–5 rice 253
mossy leaf-tailed gecko 63 Pacific 180–81, 193 healing 46, 51 Ring of Fire 181
motorcycle 230 tides 302 smelly 46, 50–51 rings, Saturn 204–5

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