Do You Know About Science?

1: What is science?
2: The living world


1: What do living things need to survive?
2: What is an animal?
3: How big are bacteria?
4: How do plants grow?
5: What makes things sticky?
6: Are spiders insects?
7: What are feathers for?
8: Which animals have fur?
9: What do lions eat?
10: How do butterflies grow?
11: Why don’t polar bears freeze?
12: How do we know dinosaurs existed?


3: Human body


1: What is my body made of?
2: How big is my skin?
3: What do bones do?
4: How do people move?
5: How do I breathe?
6: What makes my blood move?
7: Where does my food go?
8: What controls my body?
9: How do cuts heal?
10: How does my body fight sickness?


4: The material world


1: What is everything made of?
2: Why does chocolate melt?
3: How can I get salt out of saltwater?
4: What is a metal?
5: How is plastic made?
6: What makes fireworks explode?
7: Why is lemon juice sour?


5: Energy


1: Where does energy go?
2: How do we see colours?
3: How does sound move?
4: How does heat move?
5: What is electricity?
6: How do lights turn on?
7: How can I make my hair stand on end?
8: Can you make electricity from a magnet?
9: Where does coal come from?


6: Forces and movement


1: What makes things speed up or slow down?
2: What stops things slipping?
3: How do magnets pull?
4: How can I move something more easily?
5: What makes cars go?
6: What stops us floating away?
7: How do planes stay in the air?


7: Our planet


1: How deep can a hole get?
2: Why does the ground shake?
3: Where does rain come from?
4: Why is planet Earth blue?
5: Where does wind come from?
6: What’s inside a hurricane?
7: Where does planet Earth end?
8: Where does the Moon go?
9: Can we live on other planets?
10: What is space made from?
11: How do people travel into space?


8: Answers
9: Quiz your friends!
10: Glossary
11: Index
12: Acknowledgments