Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

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aurora volume 1 page 228

celestial navigation picture, volume 9

page 25

eclipse volume 4 page 97, picture, volume

4 page 98, picture, volume 4

page 98

energy volume 4 page 137, picture, volume

4 page 139

greenhouse effect picture, volume 5

page 157

heat volume 6 page 32

light volume 7 page 148

MilkyWay volume 8 page 129, picture,

volume 8 page 129

planets volume 10 page 92, picture, volume

10 page 93

season volume 12 page 61, picture, volume

12 page 61

solar system volume 12 page 127

tides picture, volume 13 page 64

time

clock volume 3 page 141

sundial volume 12 page 204, picture,

volume 12 page 204

water volume 15 page 23

sun bear (mammal)

bear volume 2 page 41

sundial (timekeeping device)

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time volume 13 page 69

Sundiata (king of Mali)

Ghana Empire volume 5 page 112

Mali empire volume 8 page 33

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sunflower (plant and flower)

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sunflower crop in Kansas picture, volume

7 page 47

Sunflower State (state in the U.S.): see in

index Kansas

suni (mammal)

antelope types picture, volume 1

page 139

sunlight (solar radiation)

climate volume 3 page 137

energy source picture, volume 4

page 139

photosynthesis volume 10 page 78

rainbow volume 11 page 22

Sunnite (Islam)

Caliphate volume 3 page 14

Islam volume 6 page 164

Kurds volume 7 page 90

Sun Records (U.S. record company)

Presley volume 10 page 147

Sunshine State (state in the U.S.): see in

index Florida

sunspot (astronomy)

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12 page 203

Sun Yat-sen (Chinese leader)

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China volume 3 page 104

Super Bowl (U.S. football championship)

football volume 5 page 50

supercomputer

computer volume 3 page 172

supergiant slalom (ski race)

Alpine skiing courses picture, volume 12

page 98

skiing volume 12 page 99

superhighway (road): see in index

expressway

Superior, Lake (lake in North America)

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facts about North America volume 9

page 83

Great Lakes volume 5 page 147

supernova (astronomy)

star volume 12 page 180

supply (economic force): see in index supply

and demand

supply and demand (economic force)

economics volume 4 page 100

village market picture, volume 4

page 100

supportive tissue (anatomy): see in index

skeleton

supreme being: see in index god

Supreme Court of the United States: see

in index United States Supreme Court

sura (chapter of Koran)

Koran volume 7 page 78

surface irrigation (agriculture)

irrigation volume 6 page 161

surface runoff (hydrology): see in index

runoff

surfing (water sport)

skateboarding volume 12 page 94

surgeon (medical doctor)

operating room picture, volume 12

page 207

surgery volume 12 page 207

surgery (medical procedure)

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X-ray picture, volume 8 page 93

Suriname (country in South America)

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Paramaribo picture, volume 10 page 32

Presidential Palace in Paramaribo picture,

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Surrealism (art and literature)

painting volume 10 page 11

survival of the fittest (biology)

mimicry volume 8 page 131

Suryavarman II (king of Khmer empire)

AngkorWat volume 1 page 120

suspension bridge (transportation structure)

bridge volume 2 page 130, picture, volume

2 page 130

suspension system (vehicles)

automobile volume 1 page 236

Susu (people)

Ghana Empire volume 5 page 112

Guinea volume 5 page 169

Suthu (people): see in index Sotho

Suto (people): see in index Sotho

Sutter, John Augustus (U.S. pioneer)

Sacramento volume 12 page 5

Suva (capital city of Fiji)

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Fiji volume 5 page 19

Parliament House picture, volume 12

page 209

Sveti Stefan (resort and former monastery

in Adriatic Sea, Montenegro) picture,

volume 8 page 175

Swahili language (African language)

Tanzania volume 13 page 16

Swaledale (breed of sheep) picture, volume

12 page 79

swallowing (physiology)

tongue volume 13 page 80

Swallow’s Nest Castle (castle in Yalta,

Ukraine) picture, volume 4 page 164

swamp (wetland)

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marsh volume 8 page 60

wetland volume 15 page 36

swan (waterfowl)

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building a nest picture, volume 4

page 101

goose volume 5 page 127

mute swan picture, volume 12 page 210

“Swan Lake” (ballet by Tchaikovsky)

picture, volume 2 page 14

SWAPO (political party in Namibia): see

in index SouthWest Africa People’s

Organization

swarming (animal behavior)

krill volume 7 page 88, picture, volume 7

page 87

locust volume 7 page 173

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Swazi (people)

Swaziland volume 12 page 211

Swaziland (kingdom in Africa)

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Mbabane market picture, volume 8

page 85

Reed Dance ceremony picture, volume

12 page 211

sweat gland (anatomy)