Ebook: How It Works. 101 Amazing Facts You Need to Know

Imagine Publishing, 2014. — 143 p. — (How It Works). — ISBN 978-1-909758-81-0.Have you ever wondered why we sneeze? How about how pearls are formed? If you want to know more about the world we live in, you’ve come to the right place. This book contains facts from six subject areas: the environment, technology, science, space, transport and history – and each section is packed with questions and answers that will feed even the hungriest of minds.Environment
How does the Arctic Ocean freeze?
Why is the coast eroding?
What is coral?
How do seahorses reproduce?
How do pearls form?
What causes red tides?
How was the Giant’s Causeway formed?
How deep is the deepest cave?
How do jet streams work?
What causes double rainbows?
Which animal has the best sight?
Why does water turn white?
Why don’t woodpeckers get headaches?
How do Venus flytraps work?
Does China own all pandas?
Which is the world’s tallest waterfall?Technology
What is fracking?
How safe are roller coasters?
Can phones work underwater?
What’s inside a hard drive?
How are light trails captured?
How do machines make ice?
Can a compass work underground?
Should print inks be primary colours?
How do homing missiles always stay on target?
How do barcodes work?
What is RAM?
How do flare guns work?
How do sprinklers save lives?
What is underfloor heating?
How can cranes get so high?
What’s inside a jukebox?
How do kettles boil water?Science
What is gas?
Why do we sneeze?
How do glow sticks glow?
How does our vision work?
How does detergent get our clothes clean?
Why are bubbles spheres?
How does de-icer work?
How does whiplash affect us?
What is centrifugal force?
Are cell mutations always bad?
Why do we sweat?
What is a vacuum?
How do painkillers cure headaches?
What is a photon?
How big is the world’s most powerful laser?
Why do our muscles ache?
How do we know how much food to eat?Space
How are rockets launched into space?
What is solar wind?
Do all planets in our Solar System orbit the same way?
What’s inside the Sun?
What is an event horizon?
Who lays claim to the Moon?
Where is the Kuiper belt?
What is the Carina Nebula?
Is it possible to alter Earth’s orbit?
Why is Pluto not a planet?
How are solar tsunamis caused?
Why does the Earth spin?
Why is the surface of Mars red?
How do ocean tides work?
Why does Saturn have rings?
What is the Goldilocks Zone?
How do ice volcanoes form?Transport
How do planes fly?
How do you drift in a car?
What happens in an F1 pitstop?
How do clutches work?
How do hang gliders fly?
How do tyre valves work?
How do boats brake?
What’s in a bulldozer?
Why are London buses red?
What are funicular railways?
How do ships stay level?
How does a hovercraft hover?
How do kayaks stay afloat in rough waters?
Can you break the sound barrier?
How does an aircraft carry weaponry?
How do snowmobiles work?
What are decoy flares?History
What’s inside a medieval castle?
How were Roman roads built?
How did T-rex hunt its prey?
How was Pompeii destroyed?
How did drawbridges work?
Which pharaoh ruled the longest?
When was the Rialto Bridge built?
Why does the Tower of Pisa lean?
How long were sabre-toothed tigers’ teeth?
What’s the biggest excavation site?
How was pottery made?
What caused the Ice Ages?
How did water mills work?
Who were the musketeers?
Who wrote the Magna Carta?
What is the Terracotta Army?
What’s inside HMS Victory?