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- A canoe is a small, narrow boat, typically human-powered, but it may also have a sail. Canoes are pointed at both ends and usually open on top ...28 KB (4,725 words) - 19:26, 25 November 2023
- A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs, or slows the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake, or impoundment. In Australian ...36 KB (5,567 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- Refraction is the change in direction of a wave due to a change in its speed, as observed when a wave passes from one medium to another. The ...21 KB (3,222 words) - 03:01, 8 December 2022
- Hockey is a sport that is not only one of the major sports in the United States, but also extremely popular throughout the world. Hockey can ...19 KB (3,188 words) - 13:06, 1 February 2024
- The chemical compound formaldehyde (also known as methanal) is a gas with a pungent smell. It is the simplest aldehyde. Its chemical formula ...18 KB (2,445 words) - 06:34, 1 April 2024
- In biology, skin is a flexible organ (group of tissues which perform a specific function) that serves as the outer covering of an animal. As ...18 KB (2,750 words) - 22:09, 12 October 2022
- Émile Zola (April 2, 1840 – September 29, 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism ...16 KB (2,483 words) - 18:12, 13 February 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication [[Image:Kvinde-emancipation.gif|thumb|right|260px|In the 1890s, when gender role ...32 KB (4,723 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- Amber is the common name for fossil resin or tree sap that is appreciated for its inherent and interesting mixture of colors. Although not mineralized ...17 KB (2,724 words) - 02:46, 24 July 2023
- An ocean (from Ωκεανός , Okeanos (Oceanus) in Greek) is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately ...25 KB (3,710 words) - 21:09, 17 April 2023
- A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate, as opposed to a nuclear ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. tourism UN Tourism defines tourism more generally ...101 KB (14,057 words) - 17:18, 7 May 2024
- Basidiomycota is a major division (or phyla) of the kingdom Fungi, whose members typically are characterized by the presence of a basidium, a ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 04:39, 11 January 2023
- The term pre-Columbian is used to refer to the cultures of the Americas in the time before significant European influence. While technically ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 22:17, 30 November 2022
- Alberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces, joining the confederation on September 1, 1905. It is located in western Canada, bounded by ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- The languages of India primarily belong to two major linguistic families, Indo-European (whose branch Indo-Aryan is spoken by about 75 percent ...30 KB (4,092 words) - 06:53, 4 March 2023
- Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish scientist, inventor, and innovator. He emigrated to Canada in 1870 and ...26 KB (4,070 words) - 13:48, 18 July 2023
- Caracas ( kaˈɾakas ) is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and one of the principal cities of South America. It is the country's ...33 KB (4,619 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. Its official name and the one by which it is usually known ...33 KB (5,580 words) - 17:34, 26 March 2024
- The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. Natural satellites of other planets are also called moons, although they usually have their ...39 KB (6,162 words) - 13:13, 10 March 2023
