Search results for "Self-ionization of water" - New World Encyclopedia
From New World Encyclopedia
- (mechanical, physical, and biochemical) of living organisms, or to the ... Since the function of a part is related to its structure, physiology ...6 KB (856 words) - 05:11, 24 November 2022
- An engine is a machine that can convert some form of energy (obtained ... ==Usage of the term "engine"== Originally, an engine was ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- A seed is the ripened ovule of gymnosperm or angiosperm plants. In ... The importance of the seed relative to more primitive forms of reproduction ...9 KB (1,464 words) - 02:24, 30 September 2022
- Canada, is the third largest (by volume) of the the five Great Lakes of ... Named after the Huron Indians by the French, it was the first of the ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 23:17, 21 October 2022
- well as other desert and mountainous regions of North Africa. hunts rodents, insects, birds, and eggs of birds and insects. Much of ...9 KB (1,498 words) - 23:29, 20 July 2022
- paired compound eyes on stalks, absence of a carapace, and an upside down ... Most of the species of Anostraca reach two centimeters (.8 inches ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 20:13, 1 November 2023
- Baobab is the common name for any of the deciduous trees comprising ... bottle tree (for their capacity to store water), and monkey bread tree ...12 KB (1,766 words) - 05:47, 15 June 2023
- 9) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as ... Fluorine and its compounds are useful for a wide range of applications ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 17:47, 28 March 2024
- Bentonite is an absorbent clay consisting mostly of the mineral montmorillonite ... Bentonite is useful for a wide range of applications. For instance ...9 KB (1,324 words) - 10:17, 28 September 2023
- Tardigrade, or water bear, is any of the various very small, segmented ... Water bears are able to survive in extreme environments that would ...13 KB (1,883 words) - 04:32, 27 February 2023
- The term acid rain is commonly used to mean the deposition of acidic ... Rain acquires additional acidity through the reaction of air pollutants ...13 KB (1,971 words) - 07:41, 14 June 2023
- Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil, usually ... to flushing and washing out anything with water or another liquid. This article ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 13:24, 6 March 2024
- Andesite is a type of igneous rock that is found in most volcanic ... Andes mountain range, where specific types of lava were given this name. ...6 KB (761 words) - 19:59, 26 July 2023
- Sphagnum is the common name and genus name for a group of mosses ... enhancer or conditioner, or used in potting of plants. Sphagnum moss has also ...14 KB (2,165 words) - 15:20, 27 April 2023
- came to describe the prominent art movement of the late nineteenth century ... Monet was born to Adolphe and Louise-Justine Monet, both of them second ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 10:58, 19 December 2023
- The Klamath are a Native American tribe of the Plateau culture area ... With the loss of their resources and federal support services, as ...18 KB (2,702 words) - 23:18, 3 March 2023
- , an early Stoic philosopher, succeeded Zeno of Citium as the second head of ... Cleanthes was born c. 301 B.C.E. at Assos in the Troad. Most of what ...5 KB (920 words) - 11:02, 19 December 2023
- nature, it is found in the stings and bites of many insects of the order Hymenoptera ... the first person to describe the isolation of formic acid by the distillation ...13 KB (1,811 words) - 06:35, 1 April 2024
- An oil spill is the unintentional release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon ... low concentrations. Oil that is denser than water settles on and penetrates ...11 KB (1,519 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- The B vitamins or vitamin B complex are a group of eight, chemically ... regularly be replenished. Without the intake of these vitamins, one can experience ...10 KB (1,497 words) - 20:40, 3 May 2023
- scientific principles and Aristotelian logic of the twelfth century to scholars ... Neckam wrote religious works on a variety of subjects, most of which ...12 KB (1,817 words) - 14:26, 18 July 2023
- Duck is the common name for any member of a variety of species of ... Beyond their own individual purpose of survival, maintenance, and ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 17:18, 12 February 2024
- The Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, designated a World Heritage Site ... A great deal of the credit for establishing the Polonnaruwa kingdom ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 08:40, 24 November 2022
- smell. It is the most common member of a class of chemical compounds ... , although there is no contemporary evidence of this. It was first synthesized ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:33, 29 January 2024
- terraces, had been carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines by ... The rice culture of the Ifugao people requires tremendous skill and ...12 KB (1,820 words) - 03:26, 17 September 2023
- The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent ... and the waters above the shelves provide a wealth of seafood. ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 02:48, 8 January 2024
- receives an average annual precipitation of less than 250 millimeters ... without carrying an adequate supply of water, have a slim chance of ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 09:55, 29 January 2024
- Carboxylic acids are organic acids characterized by the presence of ... Salts and anions of carboxylic acids are called carboxylates. ...13 KB (1,872 words) - 19:11, 26 November 2023
- using an organic solvent rather than water. The solvent is generally ... To avoid the problems of using perc, some businesses have switched ...18 KB (2,825 words) - 21:15, 30 January 2024
- Baleen whales comprise the Mysticeti, one of two suborders of the ... generally seen as gentle animals, a sighting of which adds to the wonder of ...10 KB (1,467 words) - 05:51, 26 August 2023
- Paint is the general term for a family of products used to protect ... and amateur artists can take advantage of the wide variety of artists ...12 KB (1,860 words) - 06:16, 18 November 2022
- Lavender is the common name for any of the various plants of the flowering ... While the flowers of the lavender serve the plant's need of reproduction ...11 KB (1,715 words) - 17:55, 25 October 2022
- :This article is about water ice. [[Image:SnowflakesWilsonBentley.jpg ... Ice is the name given to water in the solid state. In nature, it is ...24 KB (3,832 words) - 17:09, 10 February 2024
- Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that applies scientific ... Chemical engineering is applicable to a wide range of technologies ...15 KB (2,143 words) - 14:40, 5 December 2023
- environments that shares characteristics of both environments and where ... The great variety of wetland types and the difficulty in defining ...25 KB (3,675 words) - 18:28, 17 April 2023
- The name roughly translates as "Sea of Islands," referring ... 50 percent its original size in a matter of decades. This reduction came ...21 KB (3,162 words) - 21:29, 11 August 2023
- Scuba diving is the act of swimming underwater while using a self ... the environment, in this case the majesty of the ocean or other bodies of ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 02:37, 21 April 2023
- Pope Saint Alexander I was the bishop of Rome for seven to ten years ... longer lists him as a martyr, as his cause of death cannot be historically ...6 KB (917 words) - 09:24, 24 November 2022
- The term xylene refers to a group of three benzene derivatives, each ... in the United States, measured in terms of volume. The xylenes are solvents ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 09:56, 22 May 2023
- quot;) was an Egyptian-born handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah in ... soon became enemies, and after the birth of Sarah's own son Isaac ...12 KB (1,936 words) - 07:22, 16 January 2024
- An otter is any member of 13 extant species of semi-aquatic and aquatic ... others occasional venture into marine or brackish water. ...15 KB (2,407 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- Rotifers comprise a phylum, Rotifera, of microscopic and near-microscopic ... quot; underlies the harmony in nature. One of the classes of rotifers, Bdelloidea ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 21:46, 16 April 2023
- Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice ... Snow can act as an insulator that conserves the heat of the Earth ...18 KB (2,780 words) - 21:42, 30 January 2023
- and digests animal prey consisting mostly of insects and arachnids. The ... #039;s Green Swamp. The nutritional poverty of the soil is a reason for the ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 17:48, 3 May 2023
- Argon (chemical symbol Ar, atomic number 18) is a member of the noble ... The inertness of argon is a very useful property for a number of applications ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 06:25, 12 August 2023
- Nitric acid (chemical formula HNO3) is one of the most important inorganic ... It is also used for the manufacture of explosives (such as nitroglycerine ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- "parent" compound. Thus, members of the class of epoxides are also ... and structural materials. Polymerization of an epoxide gives a polyether ...6 KB (852 words) - 19:13, 13 February 2024
- estuary in the United States. It is one of the most productive bodies ... in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 18:31, 8 December 2023
- China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into the ... The Yellow River is called the "Mother River of China" and ...20 KB (2,963 words) - 09:55, 23 May 2023
- aquatic rodent, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, of Central America and tropical ... and large size help to make it one of the better known animals in ...10 KB (1,545 words) - 00:03, 15 November 2021
- In Greek mythology, a nymph, from the Latin word nympha, is any member ... the earth, they were seen to be care givers of the land and life in general ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 19:37, 17 November 2022
- formula SiH4. It is the silicon analog of methane and, like methane, ... a titanium implant. They are also used for water repellents, sealants, masonry ...8 KB (1,184 words) - 22:02, 29 January 2023
- Planetary habitability is the measure of a planet's or a natural ... An absolute requirement for life is an energy source, and the notion ...54 KB (8,172 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
- (kyanós) = blue + bacterium) is a phylum (or "division" ... Cyanobacteria are some of the oldest organisms to appear in the fossil ...12 KB (1,656 words) - 17:46, 12 May 2020
- Magdeburg, the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany ... The city also enjoyed frequent periods of prosperity. The current ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- impart energy to the rotor. Gas, steam, and water turbines have a casing around ... Turbines are often part of a larger machine. Nearly all of the electrical ...17 KB (2,749 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- Surf fishing is the sport of catching fish while standing on the shoreline ... therefore, must have a working knowledge of factors that effect fishing ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 23:52, 26 February 2023
- is called halite. It is highly soluble in water and is the salt most responsible ... dependence on the seasonal availability of food and allowed travel over ...16 KB (2,377 words) - 15:04, 27 April 2023
- fibers together. It is the oldest form of fabric known to humankind, ... vibrations between the interior panels of automobiles and to prevent ...9 KB (1,531 words) - 17:14, 26 March 2024
- teh along the same trade route. Doublet of chai and cha (and, distantly ... # The tea plant (Camellia sinensis) or a variety of this plant. ...3 KB (383 words) - 16:38, 31 August 2023
- Republic to the southeast, near the city of Irkutsk. Also known as the ... by volume, holding approximately 20 percent of the world's total surface ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer. In addition ... Subsequently Evangelista, the eldest son of the family, was placed under ...8 KB (1,143 words) - 04:50, 23 March 2024
- Swimming is self-propulsion through water, or other liquid, usually ... sport, swimming is featured in a range of local, national, and international ...26 KB (3,876 words) - 13:41, 23 March 2023
- in the Earth's mantle where a column of hot magma rises up to melt ... Geologists have identified some 40–50 hotspots around the globe ...11 KB (1,444 words) - 16:21, 25 January 2023
- Sigiriya (Lion's rock) is a rock fortress and ruins of a palace ... similar to the paintings in Ajanta Caves of India. Sigiriya has an upper ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2023
- Essential oil is any concentrated, hydrophobic (immiscible with water ... Essential oils are found in diverse parts of plants, including leaves ...16 KB (2,270 words) - 12:06, 5 March 2021
- She is said to have been a disciple of Shri Guru Ravidas. She composed ... praised Lord Krishna. Bhakti is one of the most intimate and profound ...8 KB (1,235 words) - 18:54, 9 November 2022
- Eutrophication is the enrichment of an aquatic ecosystem with chemical ... In aquatic environments, enhanced growth of choking aquatic vegetation ...22 KB (3,105 words) - 06:56, 12 September 2023
- Agency (EPA) considers the bog one of the four general categories ... plant and animal species. They are a source of peat, which can be dried and ...13 KB (1,940 words) - 00:02, 12 January 2023
- sandy area in southern Africa, covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia ... A strange, yet essential feature of this region are the pans, which ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 17:03, 14 May 2024
- Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of ... The lake is the largest remnant of Lake Bonneville, a pluvial lake ...23 KB (3,613 words) - 12:54, 22 January 2023
- formula C2H3Cl3O2. It is soluble in both water and alcohol, readily forming ... The name chloral hydrate suggests that it is the hydrate of chloral ...12 KB (1,697 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- disease caused by flukes (class Trematoda) of the genus Schistosoma, with ... estimated 200 million people infected and, of these, 120 million displaying ...18 KB (2,573 words) - 17:07, 25 January 2023
- when dissolved in a solvent such as water, caustic soda is widely used ... airtight container. It is very soluble in water, with liberation of heat ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 15:05, 27 April 2023
- The Bay of Fundy ( Baie de Fundy ) is located on the Atlantic Ocean coastline of North America, at ...16 KB (2,540 words) - 03:10, 26 September 2023
- produced by hydropower—that is, the energy of moving water. It is the world ... about 715,000 megawatts (or 19 percent) of the world's electricity ...23 KB (3,052 words) - 21:35, 9 February 2024
- gas is the main product from the combustion of sulfur compounds and is of ... coal and petroleum contain various amounts of sulfur compounds, their combustion ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 21:44, 26 February 2023
- Koi is any of the ornamental, domesticated varieties of the common ... Koi is one of the world's most popular freshwater, ornamental ...13 KB (2,084 words) - 22:49, 18 October 2021
- Psettodidae (spiny flounders). All members of the order—which includes ... Flounders are a type of flatfish. Flatfish are an order (Pleuronectiformes ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 17:43, 28 March 2024
- "living being") era is an interval of about 186 million years defined ... After the great extinction event at the end of the Paleozoic era, ...11 KB (1,570 words) - 10:34, 10 March 2023
- Varnish is traditionally a combination of a drying oil, a resin, and ... evaporated, or harden after evaporation of the solvent through certain ...13 KB (2,023 words) - 14:37, 3 May 2023
- Regolith is a layer of loose, heterogeneous material covering solid ... need to take into consideration the type of regolith present at construction ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 03:04, 8 December 2022
- Ether is the general name for a class of organic chemical compounds ... alkyl groups attached to the oxygen atom (of the ether) and to append "ether ...15 KB (2,285 words) - 04:31, 22 March 2024
- mammal that lives in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere and ... There are six populations of walruses in the arctic and two or three ...11 KB (1,787 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- Mayfly is the common name for any of the insects that belong to the ... There are about 2,500 species of mayflies worldwide, including about ...14 KB (2,120 words) - 09:21, 10 March 2023
- ) is a major ship canal that traverses the Isthmus of Panama in Central ... and the canal opened in 1914. The building of the 48-mile canal was plagued ...22 KB (3,431 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- ) is used for a class of materials that consist of continuous filaments ... plant, animal, and mineral sources. Examples of natural fibers and their sources ...10 KB (1,428 words) - 17:32, 26 March 2024
- Excalibur, or Caliburn, is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes ... The best known version of the story of the sword depicts the wizard ...13 KB (2,142 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- In zoology, metamorphosis is the process of pronounced and relatively ... The complete metamorphosis of a butterfly has been used as a metaphor ...11 KB (1,565 words) - 16:21, 9 November 2022
- pattern, often involving the transfer of energy. When thinking about ... Examples of waves include: * Ocean surface waves, which are perturbations ...13 KB (2,010 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- Marine Engineering is a profession practiced by members of a ship ... Sometimes, they are involved in the design and construction of these ...7 KB (1,011 words) - 15:57, 6 November 2022
- in the Sundarbans delta in Indian state of West Bengal. Mangrove forests ... The Sundarbans had been declared the core area of Sundarbans Tiger ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:31, 26 February 2023
- phylum Echinodermata, and class Asteroidea, of which there are over 1800 known ... Characteristics of sea stars include that they exhibit a superficially ...17 KB (2,546 words) - 04:39, 28 April 2023
- The name nylon is given to a family of synthetic polymers first produced ... In 1940, John W. Eckelberry of DuPont stated that the letters "nyl ...10 KB (1,452 words) - 10:12, 11 March 2023
- may also be used for a canal or a flow of water—for consumption, for ... the construction in the twentieth century of such undersea tunnels as the ...17 KB (2,599 words) - 00:21, 3 May 2023
- sweet-tasting liquid that is soluble in water and low in toxicity. It is ... to pharmaceutical formulations as a means of providing lubrication and as ...17 KB (2,494 words) - 18:22, 30 August 2021
- widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Although prawns technically are of different crustacean suborder than ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 20:04, 21 April 2023
- The Great Basin is a huge heart-shaped area that covers parts of six ... square km) intermontane plateau covers most of Nevada and over half of Utah ...18 KB (2,728 words) - 02:26, 19 December 2022
- strives to remain "A national network of like-minded state and territorial ... Despite the urgency of environmental issues, nations are not taking ...15 KB (2,010 words) - 04:19, 11 March 2023
- gemstone") is a green variety of the mineral beryl and is among ... Although the possession of emeralds is indicative of wealth and luxury ...10 KB (1,413 words) - 15:17, 31 December 2021
- Buddhist teacher, philosopher, and founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan ... His major work, Shobogenzo (literally, "Treasury of the True ...13 KB (2,020 words) - 16:34, 29 January 2024
- is a geological depression in the Horn of Africa, where it overlaps Eritrea ... below sea level. Dallol, Ethiopia is also part of the Depression, ...11 KB (1,699 words) - 05:57, 16 June 2023
- and Breg rivers, which join at the town of Donaueschingen. From this point ... Known to history as one of the long-standing frontiers of the Roman ...23 KB (3,172 words) - 22:13, 25 January 2024
- #039;s crust, constituting about 2 percent of the crust by weight. It is ... In its ionic form, magnesium is one of the most essential elements ...17 KB (2,430 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- two dissimilar flagella during at least part of their life cycle. Among the ... plankton, but they are common in fresh water habitats as well. Their population ...14 KB (1,913 words) - 09:15, 15 January 2023
- becomes apparent as different methods of analysis when applied to acid ... Historically, the first of the scientific concepts of acids and bases ...18 KB (2,642 words) - 07:40, 14 June 2023
- Talc (derived from the Persian via Arabic talq) is a mineral composed ... This mineral serves a number of useful roles. It is widely known for ...8 KB (1,172 words) - 03:55, 27 February 2023
- ) is the goddess of learning, knowledge, and the arts including music ... In modern Hinduism, Sarasvati is one of the three goddesses (along ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 03:27, 23 December 2022
- Lake Superior, bounded by Ontario, Canada, and the U.S. state of Minnesota ... deepest (1,332 feet at its deepest point) of the Great Lakes. Its drainage ...18 KB (2,634 words) - 23:19, 21 October 2022
- It is the world's largest inland body of water, with a surface area ... Four-fifths of the world’s catch of sturgeon, which yield eggs that ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 14:23, 29 November 2023
- :This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... (baptízô), is a religious act of purification by water usually associated ...24 KB (3,694 words) - 07:45, 20 September 2023
- largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (behind Great Bear Lake ... Today the residents of this region, with its remote northern location ...11 KB (1,706 words) - 13:20, 22 January 2023
- Astrochemistry, representing an overlap of the disciplines of astronomy ... beyond the Solar System. The study of chemicals within the Solar System ...7 KB (940 words) - 18:21, 19 August 2023
- Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals and other geological ... Yet, these problems persist in regions of the world where regulations ...18 KB (2,752 words) - 18:50, 9 November 2022
- marked shark is the only member of its genus Rhincodon and its ... for most humans the greatest significance of whale sharks is perhaps the ...14 KB (2,223 words) - 18:28, 17 April 2023
- philosopher. Anaxagoras conceived the origin of the cosmos as the pre-existing ... to Athens and gave scientific explanations of natural phenomena. His account ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 19:07, 26 July 2023
- The Minaret of Jam is located in the Shahrak District, Ghor Province ... , had been built entirely of baked-bricks. Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic ...10 KB (1,495 words) - 18:44, 9 November 2022
- gases only to cause further emission of infrared radiation back to ... The Earth's average surface temperature of 15°C (288 K) is considered ...23 KB (3,592 words) - 23:26, 17 February 2023
- The Bering Sea is the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean that ... The Bering Sea is separated from the Gulf of Alaska by the Alaska ...15 KB (2,176 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- ; 305 B.C.E. - 240 B.C.E.) was the representative thinker of the School ... Zou Yan is regarded as the founder of natural science in China. His ...13 KB (1,998 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- Spearfishing is a form of fishing that has been popular throughout ... and is illegal in many others. Because of the belief of lack of sport ...23 KB (3,586 words) - 15:19, 27 April 2023
- sometimes called the "Lost City of the Incas") is one of ... Theories of its use vary. Bingham initially claimed it was a sanctuary ...16 KB (2,638 words) - 04:50, 5 November 2022
- He is best remembered as the inventor of the cotton gin. Whitney also ... the South prosperity, but the unwillingness of planters to pay for its use ...15 KB (2,202 words) - 16:11, 13 February 2024
- gas (LPG or LP-gas) and can be a mixture of propane with smaller amounts ... in gasoline by Dr. Walter O. Snelling of the U.S. Bureau of Mines in ...13 KB (1,941 words) - 00:08, 2 December 2022
- Tripitaka") is a Korean collection of the Tripitaka (Buddhist scriptures ... preserved and most complete extant version of Buddhist canon in Chinese script ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
- The Persian Gulf is located in Southwest Asia. It is an extension ... are the world's largest single source of crude oil, and related industries ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 00:43, 24 November 2022
- park located in the south-central part of Bauchi State in east-central ... The park, at an elevation of about 500 meters (1,600 ft) in the heartland ...13 KB (1,893 words) - 00:54, 17 April 2023
- (the "a" as in the word "water;" the "g" ... important teaching tools depicting the life of the Buddha, various influential ...6 KB (950 words) - 15:07, 30 April 2023
- various rocks, minerals, coral, and shells of marine animals. Soft gray in ... state. Rather, it occurs in the form of various compounds: calcium ...18 KB (2,626 words) - 18:21, 25 November 2023
- Toluene, also known as methylbenzene or phenylmethane, is a clear ... and chlorination by Cl2 in the presence of FeCl3 to give ortho and para ...10 KB (1,406 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- The term supersonic is used to define a speed that exceeds the speed ... == Value of Mach 1 == At a typical temperature, such as 21 °C (70 °F ...7 KB (968 words) - 23:49, 26 February 2023
- In many Christian churches, Ash Wednesday is a day of repentance and ... abstinence from meat, and repentance—a day of contemplating one's transgressions ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 04:01, 18 August 2023
- heating, baking, or drying. Over the course of history, various types of ovens ... an art. The Greeks created a wide variety of doughs, loaf shapes, and styles ...11 KB (1,627 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- Infrared astronomy is the branch of astronomy and astrophysics that ... that occur during the birth and death of stars, as well as to observe ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- Cataratas del Iguazú) is a majestic area of cataracts on the Iguazu River ... The area consists of a network of 275 waterfalls spanning an area ...10 KB (1,592 words) - 13:42, 4 February 2023
- An iceberg is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off ... Given that the density of pure water ice is about 920 kilograms per ...12 KB (1,760 words) - 17:16, 10 February 2024
- when released into air, due to refraction of light. At low concentrations ... (1790-1868) in 1812, by exposing a mixture of carbon monoxide and chlorine ...10 KB (1,416 words) - 22:44, 28 March 2023
- Saccharin is a synthetic organic compound that tastes hundreds of ... Pure saccharin is not soluble in water, but if the molecule is combined ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 00:18, 22 August 2022
- reptiles that belong to the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae and ... sinensis in the Yangtze River, People's Republic of China. ...15 KB (2,172 words) - 18:37, 21 July 2023
- In geology and environmental science, erosion is the displacement ... rock into soil. Thus a certain degree of erosion is healthy for the ...24 KB (3,723 words) - 21:23, 20 March 2024
- wood. The name also is used for the wood of this species, which is commercially ... a symbiotic relationship tied to pollination of the trees. ...6 KB (941 words) - 04:22, 11 January 2023
- (Chenopodium), native to the high altitude of the Andes, and characterized ... Quinoa has been a popular food for people of the higher Andes since ...14 KB (2,175 words) - 15:58, 7 December 2022
- Deuterium (chemical symbol D or ²H) is a stable isotope of hydrogen ... Scientists have developed a variety of applications for deuterium ...31 KB (4,687 words) - 10:07, 29 January 2024
- Desert, encompasses 77,000 square miles of rolling sand dunes in eastern ... 039;s sand ridges. It is defined by a series of natural borders, including ...14 KB (2,193 words) - 15:08, 30 April 2023
- [[Image:Infrared_dog.jpg|thumb|right|332px|Image of a small dog taken ... radiation in a particular, invisible region of the electromagnetic spectrum ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 19:21, 5 March 2024
- Hoover Dam is a concrete gravity-arch dam in the Black Canyon of the ... Elwood Mead who oversaw the construction of the dam. Listed on the National ...19 KB (3,049 words) - 13:41, 2 February 2024
- front or simply "shock") is a type of propagating disturbance. Like ... Unlike solitons (another kind of nonlinear wave), the energy of a ...14 KB (2,249 words) - 14:22, 27 January 2023
- chemical formula H2SO4. It is soluble in water at all concentrations. It ... amounts than any other chemical besides water. World production in 2001 ...31 KB (4,778 words) - 21:53, 26 February 2023
- The First Epistle of John is a book of the Bible New Testament, the ... Purportedly by the same author or authors who wrote the Gospel of ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- As an educator, he promoted the teaching of history, science, and the arts ... gases becoming famous for his co-discovery of oxygen, which he called "dephlo ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 04:54, 7 May 2024
- An island or isle is a tract of land that is completely surrounded ... There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic ...19 KB (2,807 words) - 19:43, 7 February 2023
- Maple syrup is a sweet syrup (thick, sticky solution of sugar and ... Maple syrup is one of innumerable products that people obtain from ...18 KB (2,816 words) - 11:09, 9 March 2023
- A lake (from the Latin word lacus) is an inland body of water, not ... There is, however, a lack of consensus on definitions used to distinguish ...31 KB (4,835 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- Surfing is a surface water sport in which the participant is carried ... to do so, Cook led his men to the big island of Hawaii. It was there that James ...15 KB (2,531 words) - 23:54, 26 February 2023
- in Portuguese, and meaning “big mirror of waters” in the native Guaraní ... The Pantanal, one of the most pristine and biologically rich environments ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 07:45, 18 November 2022
- Zeolites are an extremely useful group of minerals characterized by ... have been artificially synthesized. Some of the common mineral zeolites ...15 KB (2,158 words) - 05:51, 13 June 2023
- combined in several minerals and is one of the 26 elements that commonly ... several salts. Their colors reminded him of chromium salts, so he named ...15 KB (2,022 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- Nautilus (from Greek nautilos, "sailor") is the common name ... by having an external shell and two pair of gills rather than one (Vecchione ...16 KB (2,282 words) - 04:24, 11 March 2023
- from 702–737 C.E. as the thirty-third king of the ancient Korean kingdom ... Seongdeok was the second son of King Sinmun, Silla's thirty-first ...9 KB (1,393 words) - 02:52, 30 September 2022
- combine with themselves to form a variety of compounds referred to as phosphoric ... == Preparation of orthophosphoric acid == There are two distinct kinds ...23 KB (3,466 words) - 04:24, 24 November 2022
- provide a look at the heart and soul of Korea. The Parks host and protect ... anniversary, and the twentieth anniversary of the Korea National Park Service ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:16, 11 March 2023
- Cubic zirconia (or CZ) is the cubic crystalline form of zirconium ... mineral baddeleyite is a natural form of zirconium oxide. This form ...11 KB (1,568 words) - 06:43, 11 January 2024
- In its human-powered form, the canoe is propelled by the use of paddles ... Sailing canoes are propelled by any of a variety of sailing rigs. ...28 KB (4,725 words) - 19:26, 25 November 2023
- [[Image:a cup of chai.JPG|thumbnail|190px|right|A cup of masala chai.]] is merely the generic word for tea in much of the world, but for many English ...16 KB (2,494 words) - 16:17, 7 November 2022
- The Nile is one of the world's great waterways, at 4,180 miles ... Flowing northward from remote sources in the mountains of Ethiopia ...23 KB (3,670 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- The Golden Mountains of Altai is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern ... The Altai Mountains are a mountain system of Central Asia that extends ...13 KB (1,840 words) - 19:34, 8 June 2023
- explosive and is used in the manufacture of dynamite, which in turn is ... working under T.J. Pelouze at the University of Torino. The best manufacturing ...11 KB (1,527 words) - 02:27, 16 November 2022
- Carp is a common name for various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae ... auratus) and koi (a domesticated variety of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio ...12 KB (1,855 words) - 00:56, 13 January 2023
- The Caribbean Sea is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part ... coastline has many gulfs and bays: the Gulf of Venezuela, Gulf of Darien, ...13 KB (1,964 words) - 18:09, 14 November 2021
- or temperature gradient, using a variety of different principles. The word ... scale is the International Temperature Scale of 1990. It extends from 0.65 ...25 KB (3,599 words) - 01:20, 19 April 2023
- on the continent. Its overall length of 2,900 miles (4,667 kilometers ... rain forest, heavy rainfall, and poor soil of the basin that is traversed ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 19:05, 15 May 2020
- a furnace is usually produced by combustion of a fuel such as oil, wood, or ... for kiln, a device used in the production of ceramics. In British English ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 09:57, 18 October 2022
- Goldfish is the common name for a freshwater fish, Carassius auratus ... One of the earliest fish to be domesticated—in China over 1,000 ...24 KB (3,750 words) - 11:55, 24 January 2023
- Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains ... The Murray is one of the major river systems in one of the driest ...26 KB (4,062 words) - 19:01, 10 November 2022
- in Northern Europe. Considered an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, it is connected ... Similar to the Black Sea, the Baltic is one of the most brackish bodies ...25 KB (3,903 words) - 03:20, 17 September 2023
- hydrocarbon fuels found within the top layer of the Earth’s crust. They range ... they were formed from the fossilized remains of dead plants and animals, during ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 06:36, 1 April 2024
- Today, the unique structure of the chickee has become popular for ... Chiki is also the word for house among the Totonacs of Mexico. ...7 KB (1,029 words) - 15:22, 10 December 2023
- Sand is a naturally occurring, finely divided rock, made up of small ... as sandblasting. Extended inhalation of fine silica particles can cause ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 03:11, 23 December 2022
- Earless seal is the common name for any of the pinnipeds comprising ... Earless seals live in the oceans of both hemispheres and are mostly ...14 KB (2,130 words) - 16:04, 10 October 2020
- Its main use, however, is in the production of other chemicals. About 40 percent ... Methanol is produced naturally in the anaerobic metabolism of many ...20 KB (2,894 words) - 16:26, 9 November 2022
- Urea is an organic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen ... thereby dealing a serious blow to the theory of vitalism. ...16 KB (2,391 words) - 13:44, 3 May 2023
- worm). The disease is spread by drinking water contaminated by copepods ... The guinea worm is one of the best historically documented human parasites ...30 KB (4,300 words) - 12:39, 24 January 2023
- from its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado south into Mexico ... Prior to the construction of major dams along its route, this river ...24 KB (3,618 words) - 22:40, 7 January 2024
- a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, body of water, or other physical obstacle ... The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 20:15, 11 March 2024
- Cork is a term variously used for a lightweight, elastic, water-resistant ... in colloquial speech, is the outermost layer of a woody stem, derived from ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:36, 23 May 2020
- to indicate that certain properties of matter (such as a material ... The investigation of properties, whether isotropic or anisotropic ...8 KB (1,148 words) - 06:28, 28 July 2023
- regions near its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. The Rio Grande serves as a major part of the international border ...17 KB (2,584 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- Potassium (chemical symbol K, atomic number 19) is a member of a group ... The ions, alloys, and compounds of potassium have a wide range of ...18 KB (2,538 words) - 05:52, 30 November 2022
- Masonry is the building of structures from individual units laid in ... Masonry is commonly used to make the walls of buildings, retaining ...14 KB (2,254 words) - 16:18, 7 November 2022
- temperature and melts in the hand. It is one of only a few materials that expands ... Gallium is most commonly used in the form of the compound gallium ...15 KB (2,122 words) - 04:06, 18 April 2024
- ) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. The nucleus of tritium (sometimes ... The properties of tritium make it useful for various applications ...18 KB (2,638 words) - 16:50, 5 November 2022
- the savannas and plains with dense clusters of trees and shrubs of many nations ... meat. As such, impalas reflect the principle of bi-level functionality, providing ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 16:37, 12 February 2024
- a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, the second of the philosophers of Ionia ... inquired into the unchanging principle of being that can uniformly explain ...7 KB (1,099 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- that completely lose their foliage for part of the year. a few months (following a constant process of new leaves being grown and ...11 KB (1,564 words) - 04:53, 6 April 2021
- ) are a series of mountain peaks that run along the northwestern portion ... The difficult terrain of the Atlas Mountain Range extends 1,500 miles ...12 KB (1,891 words) - 06:24, 21 August 2023
- and Parastacidae, resembling small versions of the marine lobsters, to which ... a popular food for people in various regions of the world. ...15 KB (2,268 words) - 00:19, 15 January 2023
- Space manufacturing involves the production of manufactured goods ... the Solar System at a lower cost than that of lifting materials into orbit. ...17 KB (2,555 words) - 19:04, 7 February 2023
- Gravimetric analysis describes a set of methods in analytical chemistry ... to remove impurities, dried to remove traces of moisture from the solution ...8 KB (1,266 words) - 19:27, 20 January 2023
- Old Drunkard 醉翁, or The Retired Scholar of the One of Six 六一居士 ... In his prose works, Ouyang followed the example of Han Yu, promoting ...18 KB (2,877 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- Ambystoma mexicanum, which is the best-known of the Mexican neotenic mole salamanders ... Although the axolotl is limited in distribution to just one small ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 06:05, 10 January 2023
- east-central North America, crossing the interior of the continent ... The System traverses the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario ...15 KB (2,273 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- Sodium (chemical symbol Na, atomic number 11) is a member of a group ... bright illumination at low cost. An alloy of sodium and potassium (NaK) ...21 KB (3,204 words) - 21:54, 30 January 2023
- The Great Lakes of Africa are a series of lakes in and around the ... the three largest lakes have a host of middle-sized and small lakes ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- Dobsonfly is the common name for any of the insects comprising the ... The dobsonflies include some of the largest and most impressive of ...11 KB (1,495 words) - 09:21, 15 January 2023
- It comes in many allotropic forms, of which the yellow, black, and ... in history by murderers, including members of the ruling class, to gain wealth ...21 KB (2,920 words) - 04:00, 15 August 2023
- In Sumerian mythology and later in the religions of Assyria and Babylonia ... in the archaeological record, making him one of the oldest of the gods. Like ...10 KB (1,744 words) - 21:24, 24 March 2024
- Sustainable development is defined as balancing the protection of ... First coined in 1980 by the International Union for the Conservation ...14 KB (1,869 words) - 00:30, 27 February 2023
- shelters, and grottos. The scientific study of caves is known as speleology. unusual species that inhabit caves, some of which are not found outside ...13 KB (2,017 words) - 16:20, 3 December 2023
- The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's ... and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic ...31 KB (4,598 words) - 06:22, 12 August 2023
- an aquatic stage where they spend part of their time, as well as a terrestrial ... A highly diverse group of animals with only a core percentage exemplifying ...22 KB (3,306 words) - 12:33, 9 January 2023
- , Okeanos (Oceanus) in Greek) is a major body of saline water, and ... The world ocean, an integral part of global climate, is constantly ...25 KB (3,710 words) - 21:09, 17 April 2023
- molecular structures, silicones with a range of properties can be prepared ... Different types of silicones have been developed for a variety of ...15 KB (2,090 words) - 22:06, 29 January 2023
- Eastern) dragon. Unlike the Western dragon of Europe that is representative ... dragon is benevolent and powerful, bringer of good fortune. Its image was ...21 KB (3,271 words) - 17:03, 10 December 2023
- The Battle of Karbala was a military engagement that took place on ... The Battle of Karbala is particularly central to Shi'a Muslim ...12 KB (2,050 words) - 10:03, 22 September 2023
- Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, ... It also compares these observations to studies of ancient sedimentary ...11 KB (1,469 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- URSAG) was the earth and mother goddess, one of the major deities of ancient ... One of the oldest of the Mesopotamian gods, Ninhursag both subsumed ...14 KB (2,349 words) - 04:51, 15 November 2022
- or combustion, together with the quantity of air that is entrained or otherwise ... Smoke inhalation is the primary cause of death in victims of indoor ...7 KB (1,034 words) - 21:19, 30 January 2023
- The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world ... This partially landlocked body of water, an indentation in the southeastern ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 08:28, 8 January 2024
- [[image:Edge_of_Space2.png|thumb|right|175px|Layers of Atmosphere (NOAA)]] The Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding our planet ...24 KB (3,540 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- between the Thrace and Anatolian sections of Turkey. The world's narrowest ... and control over it has been an objective of a number of hostilities in ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- Muir Woods National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service ... While much of California's forests have been used for commercial ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- SI Units are the most widely used system of units. They are the most ... The emergence of an internationally recognized system of units at ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 18:28, 22 December 2022
- The coconut palm is species of palm tree, Cocos nucifera, that grows ... The term coconut refers to the fruit of the coconut palm, which consists ...29 KB (4,782 words) - 22:20, 7 January 2024
- Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is a mineral composed of calcium ... Historically, some varieties of fluorite have been used for ornamental ...8 KB (1,085 words) - 17:48, 28 March 2024
- to cuttlefish. This large, diverse group of invertebrates comprise the ... suckers as their tips only.) The suckers of squids also have hooks and/or ...13 KB (1,807 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- charcoal, or activated coal) is a form of carbon that has been processed ... Activated carbon is valuable for a variety of applications. Examples ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 05:41, 15 June 2023
- liquid residue obtained in the preparation of sucrose (commercial sugar) ... such as gingerbread and in the production of the alcoholic beverage rum ...11 KB (1,738 words) - 13:05, 10 March 2023
- as the United States, it crosses the borders of 11 nations. While much of the ... than it is today. Over 30,000 petroglyphs of river animals such as crocodiles ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 16:15, 25 August 2022
- Diazonium compounds or diazonium salts are a group of organic compounds ... The process of forming diazoniums compound is called diazotation, ...7 KB (1,048 words) - 13:34, 15 July 2020
- scale from natural gas and as a by-product of petroleum refining. The chief use of ethane is as a petrochemical feedstock for ethylene ...16 KB (2,309 words) - 01:40, 19 March 2022
- is used for fishing. Fishing nets are made of mesh usually formed by knotting ... A variety of fishing nets have been developed since antiquity. Local ...17 KB (2,692 words) - 17:32, 28 March 2024
- Cartilage is a type of dense connective tissue found in vertebrates ... intervertebral discs. It is a major part of the embryonic vertebrate skeleton ...12 KB (1,668 words) - 00:43, 29 November 2023
- amphioxus, plural amphioxi) is a subphylum of marine invertebrates of the ... The notochord of cephalochordata, unlike the vertebrate spine, extends ...7 KB (1,039 words) - 01:45, 13 January 2023
- Cement, in the most general sense of the word, is a binder, a substance ... The most important use of cement is the production of mortar and concrete ...23 KB (3,479 words) - 23:48, 3 December 2023
- comprising the suborder Pliosauroidea of the Plesiosauria order, characterized ... , the pliosaurs had disappeared by the end of the Mesozoic era, when a catastrophic ...11 KB (1,490 words) - 08:04, 24 November 2022
- Yams are members of the flowering plant genus Dioscorea. They are ... In addition to addressing the physical needs of people—offering ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 19:48, 26 November 2022
- is a theory that asserts that the nature of complex things is reduced to ... positivists attempted to achieve the unity of science ("unified science ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 02:59, 8 December 2022
- known as soda, pop, or soda pop, in parts of the United States, Canada, ... Common soft drinks include colas, sparkling water, lemonade, squash, and fruit ...25 KB (3,852 words) - 15:05, 27 April 2023
- This chemical is used mostly as an intermediate in the production ... A minor but significant use of ethylene oxide is for the sterilization ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 04:37, 22 March 2024
- A lichen is a composite organism composed of a fungus (the mycobiont ... The body (thallus) of most lichens is quite different from that of ...19 KB (2,789 words) - 22:35, 25 October 2022
- The Adriatic Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Italian ... The sea's western coast runs the length of Italy, while the eastern ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- Soil is the mixture of minerals, organic matter, liquids, and gases ... While the general concept of soil is well established, the definition ...27 KB (4,112 words) - 15:59, 14 October 2022
- the future, before Yawm al-Qiyamah (The Day of Resurrection, Judgment Day). is a common Arabic word, used in the sense of "false prophet," ...8 KB (1,233 words) - 16:34, 21 January 2024
- The magma may be derived from partial melts of pre-existing rocks in the Earth ... Igneous rocks make up approximately 95 percent of the upper part of ...25 KB (3,680 words) - 13:42, 4 February 2023
- Goose (plural geese) is the common name for any member of a variety ... In addition to their ecological value as part of the ecosystem, geese ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 01:17, 5 March 2021
- Garnet is a group of minerals that have been used since the Bronze ... Pure crystals of garnet are used as gemstones. In addition, garnet ...18 KB (2,682 words) - 04:33, 18 April 2024
- Corrosion is the deterioration of a material's essential properties ... The rusting of iron is a well-known example of corrosion. Other metals ...20 KB (3,072 words) - 03:36, 8 January 2024
- In Christian religious practice, infant baptism is the baptism of ... Most Christian denominations accept the doctrine of infant baptism ...16 KB (2,399 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- named for its primary component. It consists of a pigment dissolved in water ... The technique of water-based painting dates to ancient times, and ...20 KB (2,883 words) - 23:18, 3 May 2023
- benthic, being anchored to the bottom of the ocean or to solid structures. for seaweed, are a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic ...11 KB (1,607 words) - 17:38, 25 January 2023
