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- larger. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most ... pests, general pests, and vectors of disease—indeed, rats have ...13 KB (2,057 words) - 06:43, 17 July 2022
- aquatic birds comprising the genus Gavia of their own family (Gaviidae ... While advancing an individual function of survival, reproduction, ...16 KB (2,427 words) - 07:53, 9 March 2023
- during the American Civil War. The site of the prison is now Andersonville ... Forrest's troops executed a group of black Union troops after their ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 19:58, 26 July 2023
- Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity, which typically ... ==History of research== ===Beginnings=== In his Dream Pool Essays of ...51 KB (7,568 words) - 08:38, 8 March 2023
- Hibiscus is the common name and genus name for a group of about 250 ... cultivars, and hybrids, coming in a variety of colors (red, white, pink, orange ...12 KB (1,815 words) - 23:37, 12 February 2022
- Soldering is a high-temperature method of joining metallic surfaces ... strength, electrical conductivity, and water-tightness for many uses. ...27 KB (4,119 words) - 00:47, 4 February 2023
- Lungfish is any sarcopterygian fish of the taxon Dipnoi, characterized ... Lungfishes are uniquely adapted to be able to survive in low oxygen ...13 KB (1,608 words) - 03:04, 5 November 2022
- , 772–846) was a poet of the T'ang dynasty (618–907) in China ... distributed to ensure their survival. Two of his most famous works are the ...14 KB (2,277 words) - 05:47, 26 August 2023
- complex in southern Laos located at the base of Mount Phu Kao, ... Shrestapura, the city had been the capital of the Chenla and Champa kingdoms ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 23:14, 3 May 2023
- with other rare earth elements, it is one of the most reactive of the rare ... Lanthanum, its alloys, and its compounds have a wide range of applications ...11 KB (1,398 words) - 22:23, 22 October 2022
- gas. It is formed by the disintegration of radium and is one of the densest ... found that it was the heaviest gas known as of then. It has been called radon ...15 KB (2,200 words) - 22:50, 7 December 2022
- Of the five Great Lakes of North America, it is the fourth largest ... microenvironment in the bordering areas of Ontario, Ohio, Pennsylvania ...20 KB (3,020 words) - 23:16, 21 October 2022
- Eared seal is the common name for any of the marine mammals comprising ... lifestyle, feeding and migrating in the water but breeding and resting ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 01:25, 16 January 2023
- the cloud chamber for visualizing the tracks of electrically charged particles ... Wilson was born in the parish of Glencorse, Midlothian, near Edinburgh ...8 KB (1,235 words) - 00:34, 5 December 2023
- The Arctic Circle is the parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33' ... ==The Geometry of the Circle== The Arctic Circle marks the southern ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 06:21, 12 August 2023
- using electromagnetic induction. The source of mechanical energy may be a ... The Van de Graaff generator uses either of two mechanisms: ...16 KB (2,450 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- The term is also applied to the edible fruit of this plant, which is a tart ... Rubus idaeus but is also applied to a number of other shrubby, prickly plants ...12 KB (1,835 words) - 05:25, 17 July 2022
- al-Kūwait), is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. The city is located ... The city was founded at the beginning of the eighteenth century by ...18 KB (2,563 words) - 21:19, 29 December 2023
- The Sun is the star at the center of the Earth's solar system ... About 74 percent of the Sun's mass is hydrogen, 25 percent is ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- The Ohio River is the largest tributary by volume of the Mississippi ... home to numerous Native American tribes, one of which—the Seneca—gave it ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 10:20, 11 March 2023
- in the subclass Acarina (or Acari), a taxon of arthropods (phylum Arthropoda ... Mites are the most diverse and abundant group of arachnids (Thomas ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 19:20, 9 November 2022
- 30, 2008. However, ancient variations of it can be traced back to at ... The absence of a railing or ropes makes the lei tai a unique fighting ...22 KB (3,362 words) - 07:42, 6 March 2023
- The Bosporus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the long, island ... The roughly oval-shaped body of water has a surface area of 163,000 ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 18:07, 31 October 2023
- Peat is a dark, fibrous accumulation of partially decomposed and disintegrated ... There are several different types of peat and peat-forming terrains ...19 KB (2,935 words) - 17:10, 26 March 2023
- Photochemistry, a sub-discipline of chemistry, is the study of the ... known as photochemical reactions. Examples of photochemical reactions are ...4 KB (569 words) - 04:25, 24 November 2022
- The vertebrate body is a wonder of intricately coordinated mechanisms ... In humans, there most often are four parathyroid glands, in pairs ...10 KB (1,360 words) - 07:55, 18 November 2022
- ; also spelled Kweichow) is a province of the People's Republic ... Guizhou sat on the fringe of the Chinese empire until the Ming dynasty ...15 KB (2,085 words) - 08:18, 8 January 2024
- :This article elaborates on the central technology of generating nuclear ... the chain reaction occurs in a fraction of a second and is uncontrolled ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- Superior National Forest, part of the United States National Forest ... 9 million acres (6,100 mi² or 16,000 km²) of woods and waters. The majority ...20 KB (2,971 words) - 23:47, 26 February 2023
- cakes and desserts. They offset the loss of natural colors when foods are ... ==Purpose of food coloring== People associate certain colors with certain ...11 KB (1,654 words) - 06:16, 1 April 2024
- at 3,212 feet with an uninterrupted drop of 2,648 feet lying in the Canaima ... Angel Falls is located in the Guayana highlands, one of the five topographical ...8 KB (1,292 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- under an applied shear stress regardless of the magnitude of the applied ... is made by evaluating the viscosity of the matter: for example silly ...15 KB (2,275 words) - 17:44, 28 March 2024
- " "God Heals" ) is the name of an archangel in Judaism, Christianity ... Of the seven archangels in the angelology of post-Exilic Judaism, ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 05:15, 17 July 2022
- Etching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into ... The plate is then dipped in a bath of acid, technically called the ...21 KB (3,460 words) - 01:27, 19 March 2022
- The Snake River is the largest tributary of the Columbia River in ... and its tributaries, mainly for purposes of providing irrigation water ...26 KB (3,775 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- compounds and is miscible in a wide range of organic solvents as well as ... DMSO is a by-product of wood pulping. It was first synthesized in ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 16:50, 22 July 2020
- or Tengrianizm) was the major belief of the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic ... The other deities were Umai (a life-giving deity), Erlik (god of the ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 06:07, 27 February 2023
- snouts comprising the Tapridae family of the odd-toed ungulates (Perissodactyla ... . Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America, Central America ...17 KB (2,523 words) - 00:47, 21 April 2023
- as an alkaline earth metal, it reacts with water to produce the alkali strontium ... is widely used in the glass screens of color television sets. Strontium ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 21:04, 26 February 2023
- Despite increasing globalization of the market place since its inception ... htm A Brief Look Back on 100 Years of Advocacy] Retrieved August 22, 2007. ...10 KB (1,430 words) - 04:10, 11 March 2023
- September 5, 1877, was a major war leader of the Oglala Lakota, who fought ... became a resistance leader. He led a force of 1,200 Oglala and Cheyenne against ...19 KB (3,137 words) - 15:24, 10 December 2023
- to black tea: it lacks the rosy, sweet aroma of black tea but it likewise does ... benefits. While the actual effectiveness of oolong tea's medicinal ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- have been made with varying degrees of realism by engineers as well ... Several reasons have been given in support of space colonization. ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 19:03, 7 February 2023
- in the small country. The broad expanse of desert is a vitally important ... and the Judaean Hills and Wilderness of Judaea in the north and northeast ...13 KB (2,056 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally ... known technically as a matrix. Common types of matrices include: metal plates ...18 KB (2,870 words) - 22:59, 30 November 2022
- an important signaling molecule in the body of mammals, including humans—one ... nitrogen dioxide, signaled by the appearance of the reddish-brown color. ...12 KB (1,673 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- , is the Japanese festival honoring the autumn moon, a variant of ... Traditionally in Japan, moon viewing was a way of honoring the moon ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 18:32, 2 May 2023
- The Great Lakes of the Laurentian Shield are a group of five large ... The five Great Lakes of North America are: *Lake Superior (the largest ...32 KB (4,828 words) - 02:10, 21 January 2023
- Naphtha is a name given to several mixtures of liquid hydrocarbons ... The origin of the word naphtha is unclear. It was an ancient Greek ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 01:20, 11 November 2022
- and thus can be considered a type of ray. For those taxonomic systems ... small fish, and even plankton (in the case of manta rays), while being consumed ...10 KB (1,328 words) - 19:06, 16 April 2023
- the Pilot. His work added a new level of dignity and polish to the genre. to the entertainment and education of children and adults throughout ...9 KB (1,251 words) - 07:57, 3 August 2022
- a mile inland from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank ... most important archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. This ...18 KB (2,848 words) - 16:03, 7 December 2022
- or biological chemistry) is the study of chemicals and chemical processes ... Biochemists have been able to artificially produce a variety of substances ...24 KB (3,603 words) - 23:47, 11 January 2023
- an organism to conserve energy. Among types of dormancy are hibernation, estivation ... Diversity is one of the factors that enhances the human experience ...21 KB (3,263 words) - 09:30, 15 January 2023
- Tuna is any of 14 species of ocean-dwelling fish comprising the tribe ... They often travel and forage as schools of diverse tuna species sharing ...16 KB (2,306 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of three benzene rings derived ... A classic method for the preparation of anthracene in the laboratory ...4 KB (576 words) - 05:54, 31 July 2023
- is an endocrine gland located near the base of vertebrate brain, and that ... In general, the cells, tissues, and organs of the endocrine system ...11 KB (1,456 words) - 06:20, 24 November 2022
- samples. 7Li would thereforehave a content of up to 96.25%. ... lightest solid chemical element and a member of the group of elements known ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 04:29, 29 October 2022
- Transcendentalism was a group of new ideas in literature, religion ... Transcendentalism began as a protest against the general state of ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 01:03, 2 May 2023
- been preserved and flavored in a solution of vinegar, brine, often with ... cucumber and developed different varieties of cucumbers and many types of ...10 KB (1,505 words) - 22:47, 28 March 2023
- Eastern Africa is a region of sub–Saharan Africa containing the ... *East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; * Horn of Africa ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 17:39, 12 February 2024
- Crustaceans (subphylum Crustacea) comprise the group of arthropods ... Crustacea is the only subphylum of arthropoda to contain mostly aquatic ...12 KB (1,751 words) - 19:04, 4 June 2020
- Cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, is the attempt to change ... Schenectady, after he dropped six pounds of dry ice into a cloud from a plane. ...17 KB (2,393 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- Trilobites are hard-shelled, segmented members of the phylum Arthropoda ... species are presumed to have been part of the free floating plankton ...16 KB (2,412 words) - 17:20, 2 May 2023
- period to whom is ascribed authorship of a large number of alchemical ... are from the tenth century. The first, Notes of Abu Suaiman al-Mantiqi al-Sijistani ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 08:37, 13 March 2024
- artist, and daredevil who captivated much of the Western world with his ... He immigrated with his father at the age of four on July 3, 1878, ...11 KB (1,684 words) - 20:47, 29 January 2022
- Friction is the force that opposes the relative motion or tendency ... The classical approximation of the force of friction, known as Coulomb ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 11:00, 11 April 2024
- the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. Since the ... The region encompasses some of the Louisiana Purchase, most of the ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- Sewage treatment, or domestic wastewater treatment, is the process ... , or collected and transported via a network of pipes and pump stations to ...40 KB (5,900 words) - 10:11, 26 January 2023
- Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources ... The Park's 119 square miles (309 km²) of spire-filled desert forms a ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 06:16, 12 August 2023
- Fungi (singular fungus) make up one of the kingdoms into which living ... by humans. Fungi are the primary decomposers of dead plant and animal matter ...13 KB (1,974 words) - 08:09, 4 December 2023
- In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand formed by eolian ... Some coastal areas have one or more sets of dunes running parallel ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 17:21, 12 February 2024
- flowing into the Indian Ocean. The area of its basin is 606,000 square ... Electricity is generated by two main sources of hydroelectric power ...22 KB (3,457 words) - 21:14, 31 January 2024
- A rock is a naturally occurring aggregate of minerals and mineral ... the lithosphere) and mantle are formed of rock. The crust averages about ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 02:25, 16 December 2022
- A fern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of plants classified ... There are an estimated 10-15,000 known species of ferns, classified ...16 KB (2,291 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- United States and is a principal tributary of the Ohio River. The river rises ... of Lake Erie in southwestern New York. The river is approximately ...19 KB (2,637 words) - 18:26, 21 July 2023
- marshland located in the southern portion of the U.S. State of Florida. ... and West Indian manatee. Over 1,000 species of plants live here, many endemic ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 23:51, 24 March 2024
- Bannock is a form of flat bread, the same thickness as a scone cooked ... who enjoy wilderness adventures. The ease of preparation, ability to combine ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 07:26, 20 September 2023
- with swimming, diving and "water ballet," which is now ... that would end up being canceled because of World War II. ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 04:22, 22 March 2024
- was a judge appearing in the biblical Book of Judges. He was the son of Joash ... Gideon was one of the more significant judges whose story is recorded ...9 KB (1,479 words) - 22:57, 28 August 2021
- that constitutes overwhelming feelings of great pity, sorrow, laughter ... sense by Aristotle to describe the effect of music and tragic drama on an ...14 KB (2,260 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- Turtle is any aquatic or terrestrial reptile of the order Testudines ... "plateless turtle," is a species of soft-shelled turtle whose gray ...24 KB (3,663 words) - 00:27, 3 May 2023
- was an English soldier and seaman, and one of the most colorful and important ... Unlike the founding of the Plymouth colony by religious dissenters ...17 KB (2,660 words) - 04:04, 3 May 2024
- the Bering Sea. It separates the continents of Asia and North America at their ... and Big Diomede (Russia), bring the distance of these two nations only 2.5 ...18 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- cockpit, which is an opening near the center of the deck, and propels the boat ... garment is attached securely to the edges of the cockpit, preventing the ...36 KB (5,715 words) - 17:16, 5 October 2022
- Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned ... A typical geotechnical engineering project begins with a review of ...29 KB (4,284 words) - 02:56, 30 November 2022
- Liverwort is the common name for any of the small, green, non-vascular ... It is estimated that there are perhaps 10,000 species of liverworts ...21 KB (3,070 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- (biblical "Dibon," the capital of Moab), the inscription of 34 ... The stele was erected by Mesha circa 850 B.C.E. as a memorial of his ...13 KB (2,054 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- Jirisan (지리산, 智異山) is a mountain in the southern part ... The "ji" in the name of Jirisan or Mt. Jiri is the chinese ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 05:52, 5 April 2024
- used for four species in the genus Cucurbita of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae: ... the same family as squash. Well known types of squash include the pumpkin ...13 KB (1,929 words) - 18:11, 14 October 2022
- sometimes known as the "backbone" of North America. The highest ... those mountains are considered to be part of the entire American cordillera ...17 KB (2,479 words) - 02:29, 16 December 2022
- The chemical compound ammonium nitrate, the nitrate of ammonia with ... challenging. The acid-base reaction of ammonia with nitric acid gives ...18 KB (2,699 words) - 07:39, 25 July 2023
- [[Image:CircleOfFriends.jpg |thumbnail|250px|A group of Outward Bound ... Drawing upon the philosophy and theory of experiential education and ...21 KB (3,090 words) - 05:58, 18 November 2022
- Herring is the common name for any of the various fish comprising ... While herring generally is the term used for members of the family ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 22:35, 1 January 2023
- Vairocana is one of many Buddhas revered by particular sects of Sino ... Derived largely from the teachings of the Mahavairocana Sutra and ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- Berzelius, is considered a "father of modern chemistry." In ... He stated the first version of the law of conservation of mass; co ...17 KB (2,470 words) - 06:42, 31 July 2023
- Albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is one of the eight tuna species belonging ... tunny, or even just tuna. In some parts of the world, there are other ...9 KB (1,355 words) - 17:46, 19 December 2022
- World Heritage Site in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia ... The Area is comprised of seven contiguous national parks and one protected ...15 KB (2,192 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- Tides are the cyclic rising and falling of the Earth's ocean ... The changing tide produced at a given location is the result of several ...37 KB (5,992 words) - 23:32, 30 April 2023
- Mica is an important group of rock-forming silicate minerals, belonging ... Members of this group have a variety of applications. For instance ...9 KB (1,317 words) - 16:34, 9 November 2022
- The dugong is only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; ... Dugongs are part of the order Sirenia along with manatees, both of ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 17:19, 12 February 2024
- In chemistry, chemical synthesis is the purposeful execution of one ... A chemical synthesis begins by selection of compounds that are known ...10 KB (1,522 words) - 14:47, 5 December 2023
- Abuja is both a Federal Capital Territory within the nation of Nigeria ... Nigeria, is two and half times the size of Lagos city, the former capital ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 07:06, 14 June 2023
- Beopjusa one of Korea's oldest and greatest Buddhist temples ... ==History of Beopjusa== Beopjusa founded in 553 C.E., in the Shilla ...9 KB (1,412 words) - 21:05, 20 January 2022
- geologic, and cultural highland region of the central United States. ... River valley and the Ouachitas, both south of the Boston Mountains, are usually ...28 KB (4,107 words) - 15:41, 30 April 2023
- The Atacama Desert of Chile covers the northern third of the country ... The center of the Atacama, a place climatologists refer to as "absolute ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 18:40, 19 August 2023
- arb) is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and ... The coasts of the peninsula are, on the west the Red Sea and the Gulf ...10 KB (1,505 words) - 21:35, 29 December 2023
- the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes ... Disciplines within chemistry are traditionally grouped by the type ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- flowing east through the eponymous plains of northern India into Bangladesh ... In his book Discovery of India, Jawaharlal Nehru says: "… The ...23 KB (3,460 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- The Sea of Okhotsk (Russian: Охо́тское мо́ре; English ... miles (1,583,000 sq km)—is considered one of the richest north temperate ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- The Trimurti (meaning "three forms" of God), also known ... most strongly held in Hindu denomination of Smartism, though it is largely ...22 KB (3,588 words) - 17:21, 2 May 2023
- by the sun and generally provide a means of cultivating young, tender, ... The development of greenhouses involves the creation of a management ...9 KB (1,397 words) - 19:14, 28 November 2021
- The island of Delos (Greek: Δήλος, Dhilos, meaning "clear ... Legend states that Delos, the island of sun, appeared from amid the ...9 KB (1,335 words) - 09:22, 28 January 2024
- to any stimulus that excites our sense of hearing. The cause of sound ... sounds provides us with an important mode of perception of our environment ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 15:34, 4 February 2023
- are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore ... to serve other functions using the height of the tower. For example, the ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 16:19, 29 April 2024
- The Ancient City of Vijayanagara refers to the urban core of the imperial ... The ancient city of Vijayanagara was a marvel to behold. One of the ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 19:11, 26 July 2023
- around the globe. Chemically, it consists of crystals of barium sulfate ... This mineral is the main source of barium and its compounds. When ...4 KB (639 words) - 08:06, 20 September 2023
- French chemist and physicist whose discovery of the law of combining volumes ... Gay-Lussac was born at Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in the department ...13 KB (1,969 words) - 07:30, 2 April 2008
- most stable isotope, Ra-226, has a half-life of 1,602 years and decays into ... The applications of radium are mainly based on its radioactivity. ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 22:47, 7 December 2022
- term also is used to refer to all members of the order Crocodilia, a group ... that are primarily found in tropical regions of Asia, the Americas, Africa ...25 KB (3,728 words) - 20:22, 3 June 2020
- The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo ... Galileo’s discovery showed the importance of the telescope as a tool for ...25 KB (3,695 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- and gardens. She was considered the ancestor of the Roman people by way of ... Venus carries on a tradition of eroticized female divinities featured ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 19:28, 14 November 2022
- or boat to a specific point at the bottom of a body of water. The anchor ... There are two primary classes of anchors: temporary and permanent ...30 KB (5,219 words) - 01:04, 9 January 2023
- and characterized by inflammation of the conjunctiva, sensitivity ... eye") is the second leading cause of blindness in the world, and ...15 KB (2,194 words) - 17:42, 4 November 2022
- its majestic mosques, gardens, and ruins of royal palaces extending 5.6 ... 836 C.E. to replace Baghdad as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, until ...9 KB (1,343 words) - 02:08, 23 December 2022
- and help attach them together. The state of attachment is known as adhesion ... Various types of adhesives are now available, derived from natural ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 05:51, 15 June 2023
- (the energy that determines the temperature of matter) generated and stored ... In terms of alternative energy, geothermal energy is the energy that ...43 KB (6,456 words) - 20:26, 13 December 2023
- In Islamic tradition, he was the ancestor of the prophet Muhammad and the ... In the Book of Genesis, Ishmael was the first of Abraham's household ...15 KB (2,619 words) - 03:03, 8 March 2024
- The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic ... Eurasia and Africa to the east. A component of the all-encompassing World ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- Clupea harengusThe most abundant species of fish in the world. ... A fish is a poikilothermic (cold-blooded), water dwelling vertebrate ...18 KB (2,549 words) - 06:51, 17 May 2021
- participants disrobe and sit in temperatures of over 176°F/80°C . This induces ... wood smoke aroma still lingered and was part of the cleansing ritual. This ...15 KB (2,539 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2022
- informally known as air sac, is any of the innumerable minuscule, ... The alveoli are part of the remarkable harmony between the body and ...10 KB (1,508 words) - 14:17, 2 July 2022
- ) or Terracotta Warriors and Horses is a collection of 8,099 life ... province, China, by farmers drilling a water well. Three pits containing ...13 KB (1,945 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
- long (240 to 270 cm). Ski jumping is part of the Winter Olympic Games, but ... those who enjoy the excitement and the risk of flying through the air. They ...18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:45, 29 January 2023
- Cellulose acetate is a chemically modified form of cellulose. In chemical ... was probably a factor in their choice of careers. Basel was a center ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 01:40, 13 January 2023
- or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against ... and reduce drag), but these efforts were of limited success and did not ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 19:24, 7 February 2024
- Luanda (formerly spelled Loanda) is the capital and largest city of ... in 1844, and by 1850, Luanda had become one of the most developed cities in ...24 KB (3,367 words) - 10:35, 9 March 2023
- — is the estuary formed by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Paraná ... widest estuary in the world. It forms part of the border between Argentina ...17 KB (2,604 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- quot;), or Hierogamy, refers to the coupling of a god and goddess or their ... The concept of the hieros gamos derives from ancient mythologies relating ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- by measuring apparent changes in the periods of the revolution of Jupiter& ... his wife, Anna Olufsdatter Storm, daughter of an alderman. Christen Pedersen ...15 KB (2,454 words) - 00:06, 18 November 2022
- The Bushmen (also known as Khwe, Basarwa, or San) peoples of South ... temporary wooden and rock shelters and caves of the Kalahari in southwest Africa ...19 KB (2,855 words) - 18:49, 22 November 2023
- science and technology by his invention of the electric battery. This ... in Italy. He did not speak until the age of four and appeared to be mentally ...10 KB (1,467 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- is a bread product traditionally made of yeasted wheat dough in the ... exceptions being the shape and the alkaline water bath that makes the surface ...17 KB (2,751 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- bacon, or using sulfur dioxide, in the case of some wines. With the advent ... identify all additives, regardless of whether they are approved for use. ...5 KB (720 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- He is credited as being the primary creator of the first version of the periodic ... Mendeleev was the thirteenth surviving child of 17 total, but the exact number ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 16:30, 29 January 2024
- mogul, the owner and editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times. Harrison ... Otis also played an important role in the development of Los Angeles ...10 KB (1,489 words) - 20:43, 29 January 2022
- were used frequently by the most famous of the classical authors (Homer ... Odysseus and the Sirens, eponymous vase of the Siren Painter, ca. [[480 ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- Bass fishing is one of the most popular recreational types of fishing ... quot; angling; the fish are returned to the water after being hooked and retrieved. ...31 KB (4,895 words) - 18:03, 11 February 2023
- used to generate a three-dimensional image of the inside of an object from ... CT produces a volume of data that can be manipulated, through a process ...61 KB (9,364 words) - 00:24, 8 January 2024
- fell on the southern Indian state of Kerala. Heavy downpours occurred ... but a study commissioned by the Government of India found that the rains ...21 KB (3,061 words) - 19:10, 16 April 2023
- bread and is produced by plants as part of their normal metabolism. It ... Traces of acetaldehyde exist in the enol form, ethenol, with Keq ...10 KB (1,279 words) - 07:33, 14 June 2023
- Niagara Falls is a set of massive waterfalls located on the Niagara ... The falls formed after the receding of the glaciers of the most recent ...27 KB (4,264 words) - 09:42, 11 March 2023
- Nemertea is a phylum of largely aquatic invertebrate animals also ... and thin, and distinguished by the presence of an eversible proboscis. The ...11 KB (1,500 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- by a edible, rounded bulb composed of concentric, fleshy, tightly ... Closely related plants of the same genus include chives (Allium schoenoprasum ...16 KB (2,477 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- Formaldehyde readily results from the incomplete combustion of carbon ... It is mainly produced by the oxidation of methanol, itself obtained ...18 KB (2,445 words) - 06:34, 1 April 2024
- highly influential figure in the development of neo-classical economics, and ... Ysidro Francis Edgeworth (the order of his given names was later reversed ...20 KB (3,082 words) - 06:16, 23 January 2023
- or semi-solid that is present in most types of crude petroleum and in some ... residue from the distillation process of selected crude oils. Outside ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 04:53, 18 August 2023
- ("lucky place"), is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan ... Silk Road, the city has long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture ...20 KB (2,826 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- Amines are organic compounds and a type of functional group that contain ... As displayed in the images below, primary amines arise when one of ...18 KB (2,577 words) - 07:02, 25 July 2023
- at the top, called the mouth. It may be made of glass, clay, plastic, or other ... Bottles have been developed and used over millennia of human history ...10 KB (1,456 words) - 14:41, 28 April 2020
- The grass family, Poaceae, is one of the largest plant families, and ... also used for many plants that are not part of the Poaceae family but may ...14 KB (2,146 words) - 12:19, 24 January 2023
- are referred to as uKhahlamba ("barrier of spears"), and in Sesotho ... The mountains contain a diversity of habitats which protect a large ...17 KB (2,547 words) - 17:32, 30 January 2024
- Swan is any of various large, long-necked water birds of the family ... The swan is one of the largest, fastest swimming, and fastest flying ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 00:35, 27 February 2023
- with a viscosity about 100,000 times that of water, but it can flow great ... Active lava flows result in enormous loss of property, but they are ...28 KB (4,314 words) - 17:53, 25 October 2022
- from the Pacific Ocean. It connects the city of San Francisco on the northern ... become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and the United ...15 KB (2,265 words) - 13:23, 19 December 2022
- who believed that money was only a means of exchange that did not constitute ... expert in statistics, he was the originator of several economic theories, ...21 KB (3,378 words) - 06:11, 3 August 2022
- Salt is a mineral, composed primarily of sodium chloride, which is ... Sodium and chlorine, the two components of salt, are necessary for ...36 KB (5,357 words) - 01:13, 21 April 2023
- 2, 1927) was a Swedish chemist and one of the founders of the science ... district near Uppsala, Sweden, the son of Svante Gustav and Carolina ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 00:32, 27 February 2023
- A "glider" is an unpowered aircraft. The most common types ... use engines occasionally. The manufacturers of high-performance gliders now ...22 KB (3,495 words) - 08:00, 24 January 2023
- Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a fluid to deform under ... The study of viscosity is known as rheology. ==Etymology== ...36 KB (5,462 words) - 20:38, 3 May 2023
- A smudge stick is a bundle of dried herbs, most commonly white sage ... spiritual benefits, there is a great deal of scientific evidence proving ...12 KB (1,808 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- small eyes, no external ear, and absence of hind limbs (although there ... Manatees, which sometimes are known as sea cows, are part of the order ...22 KB (3,302 words) - 11:01, 9 March 2023
- or ensembles formed by the combination of ligands and metal ions. Originally ... understood in any sense, since the beginning of chemistry. Examples include ...21 KB (3,125 words) - 00:21, 8 January 2024
- A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. Seven areas ... The geological process and study of the movement, collision and division ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 19:07, 19 May 2020
- Esox is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, whose members are known ... Of the five traditionally recognized extant species in Esox, the type ...24 KB (3,763 words) - 18:12, 26 February 2022
- as a new style under the unofficial leader of the group, Henri Matisse who ... Fauvism was the first of the major avant-garde movements in European ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 01:43, 26 March 2024
- A propeller is a device used for the propulsion of a vehicle such ... oar sculling, a practice with a history of unknown length. It is part ...19 KB (3,022 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- Hinduism. He advocated Vaishnavism (worship of Vishnu as the supreme God) ... Raghavendra wrote numerous commentaries on the works of Madhva, Jayatirtha ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 00:04, 8 December 2022
- A season is one of the major divisions of the year, generally based ... In some tropical and subtropical regions, where the amount of precipitation ...16 KB (2,431 words) - 17:37, 25 January 2023
- Anaconda is the common term for any member of four species of semi ... Anacondas provide important ecological values, keeping the balance ...16 KB (2,471 words) - 18:41, 26 July 2023
- Fauna is all of the animals of any particular region or time period ... use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 23:37, 1 November 2023
- ; lit. "Valley of Nine Villages;" Tibetan: Sicadêgu) designates ... a World Heritage site in 1992, by virtue of its unique and exceptionally ...16 KB (2,461 words) - 13:25, 1 August 2022
- Typha is a genus of perennial herbaceous plants in the Typhaceae family ... margins filter runoff, reducing the flow of nutrients and mud into the ...10 KB (1,542 words) - 15:57, 11 November 2022
- | Solubility in water | 0.105 g/100 ml (0 °C) |- | Melting point ... | [[Standard enthalpy change of formation|Standard enthalpy of ...30 KB (4,607 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- James Watt (January 19, 1736 – August 25, 1819)Although a number ... Watt was born on January 19, 1736, in Greenock, a seaport on the Firth ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 08:53, 1 April 2024
- (high plains) in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia, the western ... The lake is composed of two nearly separate sub-basins that are connected ...14 KB (2,293 words) - 05:37, 4 March 2023
- is found in the mythological Cretan tale of Daedalus and Icarus, in the ... desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency. ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 06:15, 20 December 2022
- founded, being the first to adopt the title of "emperor" (huangdi ... officials in his administration as a means of controlling the Han people ...14 KB (2,103 words) - 17:48, 27 January 2022
- Diatom is the common name for a major group of unicellular or (less ... The silica shells (frustules) of diatoms show a wide diversity in ...26 KB (3,706 words) - 11:59, 29 January 2024
- or poison frog) is the common name for any of the very small, diurnal frogs ... Many of these poison frogs are brightly colored with combinations ...21 KB (3,197 words) - 02:10, 10 April 2023
- of forest formed from a patchwork of public lands in the northwestern ... The forest is located in one of the largest and most rugged wilderness ...13 KB (1,924 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- in the human body, and is a precursor of such important chemical compounds ... In humans, the L-isomer of tyrosine, which is the only form that is ...14 KB (1,990 words) - 00:41, 3 May 2023
- Equestrian sports involve many types of horse competition from classical ... Equestrian sports combine the beauty and power of the horse with the ...17 KB (2,688 words) - 19:15, 13 February 2024
- chemical element that belongs to the group of metalloids—its chemical properties ... with care. Exposure to even small amounts of tellurium can generate a garlicky ...14 KB (1,880 words) - 05:35, 27 February 2023
- sailed against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidona in ... The Armada was sent by King Philip II of Spain, who had been king ...16 KB (2,578 words) - 15:18, 27 April 2023
- JPG|thumb|right|280px|right|Statue of Guan Yin on Mount Putuo]] Chinese: 觀音) is known as the bodhisattva of infinite compassion in East ...10 KB (1,730 words) - 22:16, 2 December 2021
- Apatite is the name given to a group of phosphate minerals, usually ... and sedimentary rocks, often in the form of cryptocrystalline fragments ...15 KB (2,114 words) - 05:59, 11 August 2023
- Sipuncula or Sipunculida is a phylum of bilaterally symmetrical, unsegmented ... sipunculid worms, or sipunculans, members of this phylum are divided ...11 KB (1,484 words) - 22:57, 23 April 2023
- Yak is the common name for a stocky, ox-like bovine, Bos grunniens ... are important to the society and economies of local people in the high elevation ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:03, 22 May 2023
- ), is the capital and largest city of Guinea, a resource-rich but ... brief, somewhat turbulent history as capital of a French colony, then of a ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 02:37, 8 January 2024
- Masada (a romanization of the Hebrew מצדה, Mitzada, from מצודה ... their own right. In this view, the defenders of Masada resisted and died bravely ...14 KB (2,172 words) - 16:17, 7 November 2022
- Bolivia located in the northeastern portion of the Santa Cruz Department. ... industrialized nor polluted. The isolation of its cerrado habitats provides ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 09:58, 11 March 2023
- Fowl is the common name for any of the gamefowl or landfowl comprising ... Some, such as chickens and turkeys, are part of a large international trade ...11 KB (1,511 words) - 14:35, 22 January 2023
- Coelacanth is any sarcopterygian fish of the subclass Coelacanthimorpha ... believed to have been extinct since the end of the Cretaceous period, until ...26 KB (3,758 words) - 22:25, 7 January 2024
- more advanced designs became a major source of mechanical power during the ... although other sources of heat such as solar power, nuclear power ...41 KB (6,343 words) - 19:56, 9 February 2023
- The Black Hole of Calcutta incident refers to forty three British ... Faced with overwhelming superiority, most of the British soldiers ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 14:24, 8 February 2022
- Cookware and bakeware are categories of food preparation utensils ... but they vary in shape. The size and shape of a utensil is typically determined ...24 KB (3,711 words) - 20:23, 7 June 2023
- protolith, is transformed under conditions of high temperatures and pressures ... Metamorphic rocks are widespread in the Earth's crust. The study ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 16:21, 9 November 2022
- The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. ... in Lake County, Colorado, near the town of Leadville. It enters the Mississippi ...11 KB (1,582 words) - 03:27, 30 January 2023
- Mulberry is the common name for any of the deciduous trees comprising ... Mulberries provide a number of culinary, commercial, and ecological ...11 KB (1,544 words) - 16:13, 10 November 2022
- derived from oil extracted from the rind of the bergamot orange, a fragrant ... tea, and its taste and aroma evoke the scent of perfume more than a beverage ...15 KB (2,263 words) - 01:25, 16 January 2023
- marine species under the umbrella concept of "shellfish." item, they have been important for thousands of years in the cuisines of many ...11 KB (1,582 words) - 19:57, 21 April 2023
- energy into electricity. It is made up of two electrodes, each coated ... waste heat is used to produce hot air and water. In addition, excess power ...40 KB (5,810 words) - 07:10, 15 April 2024
- quot;) are marine mollusks (phylum Mollusca) of the class Cephalopoda, a group ... There are around 800 known extant species of cephalopods, although an estimate ...18 KB (2,469 words) - 01:46, 13 January 2023
- Dinosaur Provincial Park is located in the valley of the Red Deer ... park is well known for being one of the largest known dinosaur fossil ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 15:24, 29 January 2024
- telegraphy traffic. Subsequent generations of cables carried telephone traffic ... their working telegraph in 1839, the idea of a submarine line across the ...19 KB (2,734 words) - 21:23, 26 February 2023
- Antananarivo is the capital, largest city and the economic center ... This city of 1.4 million people is the doorway to Madagascar's ...13 KB (1,867 words) - 05:19, 31 July 2023
- “great river” or literally, “river of the falls,” is the second ... tributary, the Missouri River, with a length of 2,341 miles (3,767 kilometers ...31 KB (4,768 words) - 11:11, 10 March 2023
- The Belize Barrier Reef is a series of coral reefs straddling the ... -long section of the 900|precision=-1 -long Mesoamerican Barrier Reef ...15 KB (2,336 words) - 08:54, 27 September 2023
- ) is a major subarctic, geographic region of the earth's surface ... The Taiga is an important ecosystem for the health and stability of ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 03:48, 27 February 2023
- This metal is an important component of many alloys, including bronze ... with an abundance in the Earth's crust of about two parts per million ...16 KB (2,335 words) - 23:38, 30 April 2023
- Demolition is the opposite of construction: The tearing-down of buildings ... Larger buildings may require the use of a wrecking ball, a heavy weight ...11 KB (1,595 words) - 23:13, 24 August 2020
- Deer (plural and singular) are the members of the Cervidae family ... A characteristic of deer is that almost all species have antlers, ...17 KB (2,513 words) - 23:53, 23 August 2020
- In botany, mint is the common name for any of the various herbaceous ... fragrant leaves may have the common name of mint associated. Vietnamese ...17 KB (2,569 words) - 16:11, 9 November 2022
- Water fluoridation is the controlled addition of fluoride to a public ... The goal of water fluoridation is to prevent tooth decay (dental caries ...64 KB (9,289 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- research revolutionized our understanding of the sensory perception of fish ... Karl von Frisch was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of a university ...15 KB (2,290 words) - 10:47, 28 February 2023
- of land on the Allegheny Plateau. Within the forest is the Kinzua ... Today many of the National Forests in the Eastern United States, including ...19 KB (2,766 words) - 18:25, 21 July 2023
- , the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh month (14th in ... In Chinese culture, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the ...19 KB (2,824 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- Refrigeration is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space ... Cold is the absence of heat, hence in order to decrease a temperature ...28 KB (4,251 words) - 19:11, 16 April 2023
- and a printmaker, and the first woman member of the circle of painters in Paris ... quot; Impressionists in the first of their own exhibitions, among ...10 KB (1,531 words) - 17:21, 29 September 2023
- to impose a single Mu'tazili version of Islam. On the one hand, he ... rule, which lacked the generosity and piety of his brother and the intellectual ...13 KB (2,047 words) - 04:19, 17 June 2023
- [[Image:Paper 450x450.jpg|thumb|right|Sheet of paper]] Paper is a thin, flat material produced by the compression of fibers ...25 KB (4,009 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- from eight isoprene units, composed entirely of carbon and hydrogen, and it ... important intermediate in the biosynthesis of many carotenoids, including ...20 KB (2,797 words) - 10:39, 9 March 2023
- a prominent head, and a modification of the mollusk foot into the form ... characterized by simple suckers, the suckers of squids also are armed by hooks ...21 KB (3,168 words) - 10:16, 11 March 2023
- after Jupiter. Saturn has a prominent system of rings, consisting mostly of ... it as a miniature Solar System, with objects of various sizes orbiting it. ...26 KB (3,935 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- An electric shock is the effect of passing an electric current through ... electric shock has been used as a means of torture and for capital punishment. ...22 KB (3,364 words) - 00:16, 13 February 2024
- Charcoal is the blackish material consisting mainly of carbon obtained ... Historically, wood charcoal was used as a constituent of gunpowder ...15 KB (2,216 words) - 01:45, 4 December 2023
- lower levels, the Source itself loses none of its perfection and is not diminished ... Emanationism differs from the Christian doctrine of creation, which ...12 KB (1,737 words) - 17:51, 13 February 2024
- There are risks involved in the use of sweat lodges, especially when ... wood plank roof and surrounded by a wall of large rocks]] ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- long barrier island located off the Atlantic coast of Maryland and ... Sinepuxent, Maryland, near the northern end of the bay, and the other from ...14 KB (2,153 words) - 04:57, 18 August 2023
- baring his advance in the department of agriculture in Japan, Woo served ... difficult time in Korean history, at the end of the Joseon dynasty as Japan ...17 KB (2,719 words) - 23:29, 17 May 2023
- with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than ... insects such as bees, can see into a portion of the ultraviolet region (the ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:30, 18 April 2023
- Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with molecular structures ... properties and are efficient conductors of heat. Their novel properties ...62 KB (8,806 words) - 19:09, 26 November 2023
- all ancient, historical sites in many parts of the world because it does not ... In everyday usage the term pottery encompasses a wide range of ceramics ...28 KB (4,471 words) - 22:01, 30 November 2022
- reasons, lead has been used during much of human history. Lead and its ... and arsenic. Lead is mentioned in the Book of Exodus. Lead pipes that bear ...18 KB (2,664 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- Vinegar is a sour liquid produced from the fermentation of diluted ... the sugars are broken down in the absence of oxygen (i.e., fermented) by ...21 KB (3,152 words) - 20:25, 3 May 2023
- was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford, Bedfordshire), in ... He preferred to face and endure years of imprisonment at great sacrifice ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 04:30, 3 August 2022
- to the genus Hippoglossus from the family of right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae ... The Atlantic halibut is native to the temperate waters of the northern ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- on the Mekong River about 425|km|mi north of Vientiane, the capital of Louangphrabang ... Wat Xieng Thong temple presents a style of Buddhist architecture unique ...10 KB (1,520 words) - 04:17, 4 November 2022
- phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky ... A rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colors. Traditionally, however ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 17:20, 16 April 2023
- is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or ... Catamarans are a relatively recent introduction to the design of boats ...20 KB (3,218 words) - 17:50, 30 November 2023
- The electrical resistance of an object (or material) is a measure ... parallels with the mechanical notion of friction. The SI unit of electrical ...12 KB (1,798 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- Governorate, Jordan. It lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among ... The ancient city sits in the Negev Desert's Valley of Moses, ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- | WHS = Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca and Pampas de Jumana photograph was taken by Maria Reiche, one of the first archaeologists to ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:59, 11 November 2022
- is a silvery white, soft metal. It has one of the highest melting points ... free in nature. The main commercial source of molybdenum is the mineral molybdenite ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 19:51, 9 November 2022
- that involves the design and manufacture of ceramic products. Ceramics ... prepared and are being used for a wide range of applications, including components ...14 KB (1,948 words) - 23:58, 3 December 2023
- A chain is a series of connected links, usually made of metal. Chains ... == Types of chains and their uses == There are various types of chains ...6 KB (898 words) - 01:13, 4 December 2023
- , literally "head of the year") is a Jewish holiday, commonly ... Rosh Hashanah is the first of the High Holidays or "Days of Awe ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
- used globally for the finish construction of interior walls and ceilings ... The use of drywall offers the advantages of speed in construction ...23 KB (3,511 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2024
- A glacier is a large, slow-moving river of ice formed from compacted ... the area where the glacier has recently melted into water. ...37 KB (5,884 words) - 20:25, 29 December 2023
- Zanskar is a subdistrict or tahsil of the Kargil district, which lies ... The people of Zanskar have subsisted, until recently, in nearly total ...14 KB (2,083 words) - 21:53, 2 December 2022
- Damselfly is the common name for any of the predaceous insects comprising ... the larvae and adults are key components of aquatic and terrestrial food ...12 KB (1,619 words) - 18:12, 24 January 2024
- is generally recognized as the founder of cenobitic (communal) Christian ... spiritually exemplary character and love of the divine. Saints are known ...11 KB (1,740 words) - 00:48, 23 December 2022
- Heritage Site located in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The name Bhimbetka ... The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 03:37, 1 October 2023
- The Dialogue of the Saviour is one of the ancient works of the New ... The Dialogue of the Saviour teaches that the physical body and the ...17 KB (2,741 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- The Amazon River of South America is the world's largest river ... indigenous peoples increasingly carried out of the rainforest a rich array ...24 KB (3,833 words) - 15:24, 19 August 2023
- Halite is the mineral form of sodium chloride, NaCl, commonly known ... Halite occurs in vast beds of sedimentary evaporite minerals that ...5 KB (705 words) - 16:58, 21 January 2024
- Nitrogen (symbol N, atomic number 7) is the chief constituent of the ... In living organisms, nitrogen atoms are part of the molecular structures ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 02:26, 16 November 2022
- a scientist; Khayyám contributed a number of insights to the development ... and particularly for the volume The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, famously translated ...11 KB (1,780 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- Limpet is the common name for any of the marine gastropod mollusks ... Fissurellidae resemble true limpets because of their simple conical shells ...20 KB (2,800 words) - 08:45, 8 March 2023
- in the Earth's atmosphere. It consists of simple molecules, each of which ... It is a major component of the carbon cycle. In general, it is exhaled ...34 KB (5,140 words) - 19:07, 26 November 2023
- Carl Menger (February 28, 1840 – February 26, 1921) was the founder ... Poland on February 28, 1840. He was the son of a wealthy family; his father ...18 KB (2,699 words) - 19:20, 26 November 2023
- ties to the area and the natural habitat of the plant and animal life found ... The park is on the crest of the Cascade Mountain Range, ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 00:17, 15 January 2023
- solvent and a building block for a variety of other organic compounds. It ... aromatic organic compound. Each molecule of pyridine is a six-membered ...11 KB (1,458 words) - 03:38, 7 December 2022
- Union and the United States and a thawing of the Cold War that occurring ... in tensions. Leonid Brezhnev and the rest of the Soviet leadership felt ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 10:05, 29 January 2024
- maritime explorer who, at the service of Spain, led the first successful ... sailing westward from Europe, the objective of the voyage of Christopher Columbus ...20 KB (3,084 words) - 17:19, 26 March 2024
- ) refers to a race of large serpentine creatures that abound in the ... called nāg in Hindi and other languages of India today. Thus, the use ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- to mythology. They initiated a new method of explanation known as philosophy ... The pre-Socratic style of thought is often called natural philosophy ...21 KB (3,010 words) - 22:19, 30 November 2022
- leaves, stem, flowers, seeds, bulbs, fruit) of herbaceous plants consumed ... Vegetables are an essential part of good nutrition. Longevity studies ...18 KB (2,509 words) - 16:34, 14 November 2022
- In biology, skin is a flexible organ (group of tissues which perform ... Skin consists of two layers of tissues (collection of interconnected ...18 KB (2,750 words) - 22:09, 12 October 2022
- confused with Canton enamel, a similar type of enamel work that is painted ... The earliest securely dated Chinese cloisonné is from the reign of ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 07:33, 14 January 2023
- is a hydrocarbon belonging to the group of alkynes. It is considered to ... who identified it as a "new carburet of hydrogen." It was rediscovered ...14 KB (2,038 words) - 07:36, 14 June 2023
- fish comprising the family Sphyraenidae of the order Perciformes, characterized ... waters and helping to maintain the balance of nature. == Description == ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- that sounds after each set interval of time. The sound could be the ... The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, requiring a physical ...26 KB (3,970 words) - 22:10, 7 January 2024
- South Korea or Republic of Korea, is located in East Asia at approximately ... Surrounded on its other three sides by water, South Korea has 2,413 ...14 KB (2,131 words) - 06:52, 18 April 2024
- Minerva was the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and war. Her areas ... Her name is virtually identical to that Menrva, the Etruscan goddess ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- regarded as the Chinese inventor of paper and the papermaking process ... significant improvement and standardization of papermaking by adding essential ...11 KB (1,768 words) - 23:46, 12 January 2023
- North Korea and the Manchurian region of China. At 2,744 m, it is the ... One of the highest crater lakes in the world, called Heaven Lake ...15 KB (2,130 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- - c. 1350 C.E.) was a prominent Bhakti poet of Maharashtra and among the earliest ... a large treatise, but he left a large number of Abhangas (short devotional ...18 KB (3,150 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- dilute solution, slightly more viscous than water. It is a weak acid. It has ... with nitric acid. An improved version of this process used hydrochloric ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 13:20, 4 February 2023
- soldier, geologist and the second director of United States Geological Survey ... an American soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West. He earned ...11 KB (1,704 words) - 01:23, 10 February 2023
- the molecular level, liquid ethanol consists of hydrogen-bonded pairs of ethanol ... Ethanol has a refractive index of 1.3614. Ethanol is a versatile solvent ...49 KB (7,279 words) - 04:30, 22 March 2024
- The Taj Mahal is considered by many to be the finest example of Mughal ... the building has been the source of an admiration that has transcended ...30 KB (4,795 words) - 03:53, 27 February 2023
- Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of complex ... then behaves, with all this in service of a goal or goals. This "circular ...22 KB (3,161 words) - 06:51, 12 January 2024
- explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions ... economic growth and emergence as centers of technological innovation, and ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- word meaning "sea," is the name of the Canaanite god of rivers ... associated with Yam and possibly an aspect of him. A similar sea-demon appears ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 10:06, 22 May 2023
- Uisang (의상625 - 702) was one of the most eminent early Silla scholar ... World System.) He was a close friend of monk Wonhyo, and both of their ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 11:28, 18 April 2023
- is a major constituent in the cell membranes of animals and serves as a precursor ... Although cholesterol has a poor public image as a result of its role ...23 KB (3,346 words) - 17:16, 10 December 2023
- " In North America, the big wheels of wagons were called trucks. ... ==Anatomy of a truck== Trucks are complex machines that generally share ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- Canada. This relatively shallow body of water is bounded by Manitoba ... Hudson Bay's drainage basin includes parts of five Canadian provinces ...19 KB (2,919 words) - 12:16, 4 February 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of the Tunisian Republic. It is ... by the Romans. It became the capital city of the Arab Aghlabid dynasty and ...17 KB (2,367 words) - 12:23, 18 April 2023
- group, Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group, of the wild cabbage (B. oleracea ... in Europe, has resulted in diverse cultivars of Brussels sprouts, selected ...12 KB (1,657 words) - 16:48, 22 November 2023
- Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from ... The development of transport vehicles has had an incredible impact ...28 KB (4,136 words) - 02:08, 2 May 2023
- or as sulfide and sulfate minerals. Many of the unpleasant odors of organic ... This element is essential for living organisms, particularly as part ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- The scientific definition of a machine is any device that transmits ... Generally these devices decrease the amount of force required to do a given ...16 KB (2,145 words) - 04:49, 5 November 2022
- quot; in Japanese) (617 – 686), was one of the leading philosophers, writers ... With his life spanning the end of the Three Kingdoms period and the ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of trees (rarely shrubs), the members ... Eucalypts, as they are also called, can be found in almost every part ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 12:22, 21 January 2023
- smelling liquid. It is a natural constituent of crude oil but is usually synthesized ... Benzene has been the subject of studies by many famous scientists ...21 KB (3,162 words) - 10:44, 28 September 2023
- in Table Bay, 5 miles (8 km) off the coast of South Africa, approximately ... became a penal colony and eventually a place of exile for the ill, including ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 21:08, 16 April 2023
- later use. Mochi is used to make a variety of traditional Japanese sweets ... called kagami mochi (mirror mochi), formed of two spheres of mochi, one on ...16 KB (2,504 words) - 12:55, 10 March 2023
- Marie de France ("Mary of France") was a poet. Born in France ... Her works are mostly dedicated to members of the French court at the ...12 KB (1,973 words) - 04:15, 6 November 2022
- Big Sur is a 100-mile stretch of ruggedly beautiful seacoast along ... Big Sur's boundaries are loosely defined; many definitions of ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 03:49, 1 October 2023
- its sour taste and pungent smell. It is one of the simplest carboxylic acids ... chemical useful for the production of various synthetic fibers and ...35 KB (5,135 words) - 07:33, 14 June 2023
- technique that uses sound propagation under water (primarily) to navigate, ... There are two kinds of sonar — active and passive. The frequencies ...46 KB (7,281 words) - 01:12, 4 February 2023
- ; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of both the sea and earthquakes. In ... Poseidon was a major civic god of several Greek cities: in Athens ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- , also known as the Golden Temple of Amritsar, stands as the central ... Sikhism has played a vital role in the history of India. An indigenous ...15 KB (2,334 words) - 18:54, 23 June 2020
- Pneumatic tires are used on all types of vehicles, from cars to earthmovers ... 1890 - Dunlop and William Harvey Du Cros began production of pneumatic ...28 KB (4,401 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- A forest is a type of ecosystem in which there is high density of ... There are many definitions of a forest, based on various criteria ...22 KB (3,182 words) - 06:31, 1 April 2024
- A bovid is any member of almost 140 species of ungulates (hoofed mammals ... The bovids are the largest family of hoofed mammals and are native ...11 KB (1,682 words) - 01:57, 12 January 2023
- spokesperson for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews. Her best-known ... grew up in Tiergarten, a fashionable section of town, with her parents. She ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 16:12, 11 November 2022
- Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat ... produced Baker's yeast, all of which create bubbles before ...36 KB (5,350 words) - 22:56, 20 November 2023
- is a gaseous material consisting primarily of methane and deriving from one ... bogs, landfills, sewage, the stomachs of ruminants such as cows, and ...25 KB (3,786 words) - 04:20, 11 March 2023
- Dolphins are considered to be among the most intelligent of animals ... There is no strict definition of the term dolphin (Grzimek 2004) and ...28 KB (4,061 words) - 16:40, 29 January 2024
- asserts that it has a substantial arsenal of chemical weapons. North Korea ... The world community left the MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) world ...25 KB (3,635 words) - 06:33, 16 November 2022
- ; Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a province of the People's ... both Shaanxi and the neighboring province of Shanxi should be spelled "Shanxi ...15 KB (2,046 words) - 10:15, 26 January 2023
- east. The Balinese people are descendants of a prehistoric race who migrated ... Most of the Balinese people are involved in agriculture, primarily ...19 KB (2,723 words) - 05:53, 26 August 2023
- new elements. It also led to the discovery of nuclear fission and its uses ... Chadwick was the leader of the British technical team that helped ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 21:08, 20 March 2024
- gas that makes up about 21% (by volume) of air. In combination with other ... Oxygen is essential for the respiratory function of humans, animals ...23 KB (3,469 words) - 06:02, 18 November 2022
- Earth is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance ... occur along plate boundaries. The interior of the planet is also active, ...38 KB (5,592 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- National Park (RCNP)" ), covers an area of 932 km², constituting the ... The Royal Chitwan National Park is the best example of a pristine ...12 KB (1,640 words) - 20:54, 21 December 2022
- , also known as Brontosaurus, is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs that lived ... the chevron bones (the bones on underside of tail) were like those of Mosasaurus ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 01:59, 9 January 2023
- The idea of a Geographical zone was first hypothesized by the ancient ... the geographic distribution and interactions of existing climatic elements ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 08:03, 23 January 2023
- from Jeddah, in the narrow sandy Valley of Abraham, 277 metres (909 ft ... The city is revered by Muslims for containing the holiest site of ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 03:48, 9 November 2022
- [[Image:Destruction of Leviathan.png|right|300px|thumb|"Destruction ... a mythical creature referred to in sections of the Old Testament, and while ...15 KB (2,465 words) - 22:16, 25 October 2022
- Aquamarine (Lat. aqua marina, "water of the sea") is a gemstone ... This mineral occurs at most localities that yield ordinary beryl, ...5 KB (716 words) - 15:58, 11 August 2023
- The potter's wheel is a machine used in the shaping of round ... The techniques of jiggering and jolleying can be seen as an extension ...12 KB (2,032 words) - 05:56, 30 November 2022
- Grebe is the common name for any of the swimming and diving birds ... (raccoons), birds (gulls), and reptiles (water snakes). Their unique forms ...15 KB (2,144 words) - 12:22, 24 January 2023
- ) is a province of China located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze ... Chongqing to the northwest. The capital city of the province is Changsha. ...18 KB (2,479 words) - 12:20, 4 February 2023
- Lake Ontario is the smallest and most easterly of the Great Lakes ... The recent history of Lake Ontario has been affected by wars: Britain ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 23:19, 21 October 2022
- circumference displaying the first example of the successful amalgamation ... Rohtasgarh, situated on the upper course of the river Son, 20 37’ ...24 KB (3,894 words) - 02:42, 16 December 2022
- was a Victorian era English poet. He was one of the founding members of the ... and Ben Jonson. He wrote a number of plays in imitation of the Elizabethan ...19 KB (3,190 words) - 21:27, 20 July 2023
- that is used to shape or finish a piece of work through rubbing which ... are used very extensively in a wide variety of industrial, domestic, and technological ...20 KB (3,070 words) - 06:35, 14 June 2023
- In geology, the term crust is used for the outermost solid shell of ... Earth has the best characterized and perhaps the most complex crust ...13 KB (1,961 words) - 23:42, 5 May 2022
- Adam Ferguson, sometimes known as Ferguson of Raith (June 20, 1723 ... Perth grammar school and at the University of St Andrews. In 1745, owing ...6 KB (883 words) - 05:45, 15 June 2023
- any vine, shrub, or tree in the genus Ficus of the mulberry family, Moraceae ... the most well known species, other examples of figs include the banyans and ...16 KB (2,692 words) - 19:39, 26 March 2024
- astronomer, and philosopher, considered one of the greatest mathematicians ... after Eutocius brought out editions of some of his works, with commentaries ...30 KB (4,881 words) - 06:19, 12 August 2023
- The Horn of Africa is a large extension of land that protrudes from ... In a more general way, the term "Horn of Africa" is also ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 14:19, 7 February 2024
- ), a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state of Uttar ... through architecture. He stands as one of the greatest Mughal leaders ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 00:44, 25 March 2024
- Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 ... km (62 mi) from east to west. It is the size of Israel, about one-third the ...37 KB (5,617 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- Toothed whale is the general term for any of the various aquatic mammals ... Odontoceti is one of two suborders of cetaceans, the other being the ...13 KB (1,677 words) - 05:01, 4 November 2022
- Médecins Sans Frontières was created in 1971 by a small group of ... The organization is known in most of the world by its French name ...42 KB (6,193 words) - 17:12, 25 February 2024
- Coal is a black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed primarily ... can leach metallic elements into nearby water courses. The process of burning ...32 KB (4,888 words) - 22:13, 7 January 2024
- by the multiple parallel fermentation of polished rice. The production ... ==Description of sake== Sake is widely referred to in English as "rice ...26 KB (4,206 words) - 00:58, 23 December 2022
- The Tree of Life is a universal symbol found in many religious traditions ... According to Genesis, partaking of the fruit of the Tree of Life would ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 16:43, 2 May 2023
- Singapore, lies within walking distance of another historical site, the ... The founding missionary of the Burmese Buddhist Temple in Singapore ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- event by illustration. Pictography is a form of writing in which ideas are ... Pictograms are still in use as the main medium of written communication ...12 KB (1,772 words) - 05:12, 24 November 2022
- The concept of yin and yang (Pinyin: yīnyáng; t=陰陽|s=阴阳|p ... and can also be seen as a process of transformation. The concept ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- Corn syrup is any of a variety of forms of syrup (thick, viscous liquid ... The varieties of sweeteners listed as corn syrup differ in the amount ...18 KB (2,609 words) - 23:23, 6 April 2022
- is a device for measuring weight, often of a person. Balances measure ... balance) is used to measure the mass of an object. In its conventional ...13 KB (2,005 words) - 18:33, 17 April 2023
- Qinghai is a province of the People's Republic of China located ... Qinghai, a province remote to the centers of power in China and newly ...18 KB (2,519 words) - 04:02, 7 December 2022
- IAST Vaiśeṣika), is one of the six Hindu schools of philosophy ... Vaisesika is a system of pluralistic realism, which emphasizes that ...19 KB (2,996 words) - 14:10, 3 May 2023
- Ancient Western philosophy is marked by the formation and development ... the second period spans the lifetimes of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- quot; (specialized clamp) at one end of the drill grips the drill bit ... over the centuries, including human effort, water wheels, and windmills, often ...16 KB (2,609 words) - 21:09, 30 January 2024
- park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam, India has World Heritage ... Kaziranga hosts a vast expanse of tall elephant grass, marshland and ...31 KB (4,349 words) - 22:14, 15 September 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Kiangsi) is a southern province of the People ... first century. Blessed with an abundance of water, Jiangxi is the rice ...21 KB (3,089 words) - 20:39, 3 April 2024
- that every year roughly thirty percent of the United States population ... In addition to being a nuisance, the bites of a number of insects ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 08:37, 15 January 2023
- Ammonoid or Ammonites are an extinct group of marine animals of the ... both commonly used to refer to any member of subclass Ammonoidea. However ...20 KB (3,015 words) - 17:14, 26 July 2023
- Limbo is a Roman Catholic theological term, referring to the concept ... The word limbo (late Latin limbus) is a word of Teutonic derivation ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 04:09, 29 October 2022
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a class of organic compounds ... Most of the 209 different PCB congeners are colorless, odorless crystals ...24 KB (3,627 words) - 08:41, 24 November 2022
- St. Lawrence Island is an island in the Bering Sea just south of the ... Many believe St. Lawrence Island is one of the last remaining non ...16 KB (2,304 words) - 15:46, 27 April 2023
- in biochemical processes. At the pH levels of the human body, pyruvic acid ... Pyruvic acid is formed as an end product of glycolysis, a process ...14 KB (1,901 words) - 15:37, 18 June 2015
- Silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of various species of moths, ... Silkworm species vary in terms of the quality of silk they produce ...16 KB (2,383 words) - 23:22, 7 October 2022
- is logically distinct both from early forms of animism, which personifies ... Neo-Pythagoreans and especially the Neo-Platonic school of Alexandria ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 13:20, 4 February 2023
- she succeeded in bringing to the attention of the British public the appalling ... in Great Britain. She was the daughter of an Anglican rector, and sister ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 10:22, 21 January 2023
- used by Tibetans well before the arrival of Buddhism by Tibetan armies ... kindred relationship throughout the history of Buddhist expansion in Asia ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 20:32, 8 September 2023
- African mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, of the Hippopotamidae family of ... they add greatly to the mystique and beauty of nature. Whether their reputation ...43 KB (6,299 words) - 15:51, 25 January 2023
- American Samoa is an unorganized, incorporated territory of the United ... It is a destination spot of many vacationers due to its seasonally ...18 KB (2,598 words) - 06:47, 25 July 2023
- The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part ... its beauty and spectacular cacti. In spite of the harsh climate of this desert ...22 KB (3,316 words) - 01:16, 4 February 2023
- The Florida Keys are an archipelago of about 1,700 islands in the ... south of Miami, and extend in an arc southwest by south and then westward ...27 KB (4,181 words) - 17:42, 28 March 2024
- The Serrano are a Native American tribe of Southern California. They ... their heritage, their belief in the use of natural resources to provide ...12 KB (1,746 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- seed hulls, nutshells, and the manure of farm animals. It also includes ... be used as raw material for the production of biofuels and a variety of chemical ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 17:55, 31 October 2023
- whether in seed or ground forms, is a staple of many cuisines, with particular ... are allowed by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature), this ...12 KB (1,736 words) - 19:46, 11 May 2020
- A fallacy is an error in an argument. There are two main kinds of ... Refutations, there have been many systems of classifying fallacies. In this ...14 KB (2,254 words) - 00:35, 25 March 2024
- by isolating and identifying a host of new chemical elements, and ... Davy was born in Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom, the son of Robert ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 20:56, 9 February 2024
- Electrochemistry is a branch of chemistry involving the study of interrelationships ... or to measure glucose levels in the blood of diabetics. In nature, the generation ...56 KB (8,590 words) - 15:53, 13 February 2024
- [[Image:Nez-perce-couple-teepee-1900.jpg|right|thumb|200 px|A tipi ... A tipi (also teepee, tepee) is a conical tent originally made of ...15 KB (2,483 words) - 23:39, 30 April 2023
- was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members ... Klimt's work was a move away from naturalism, the depiction of ...15 KB (2,101 words) - 21:28, 26 July 2023
- The Eocene epoch (56-34 million years ago) is a major division of ... The start of the Eocene is marked by the emergence of the first modern ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 21:20, 9 February 2022
- Ethylene acts as a hormone in plants, regulating the ripening of fruit ... It can undergo many types of chemical reactions to generate a wide ...26 KB (3,781 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce ... (2,400 to 2,700 m), whereas the south rim of the Grand Canyon sits at 7 ...23 KB (3,572 words) - 16:49, 22 November 2023
- Divination is the attempt of ascertaining information by interpretation ... The biblical prophets used various forms of divination in reading the future ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- is the largest extant species (Alces alces) of deer (family Cervidae) in the ... Moose add to the wonder of nature for humans, with these giant animals ...18 KB (2,884 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- the desired crop relatively unharmed. Some of these act by interfering with ... States, they account for about 70 percent of all agricultural pesticide use. ...17 KB (2,537 words) - 15:43, 25 January 2023
- communications, and economic center of Ghana. Located on the Gulf ... Among the attractions of Accra are the National Museum, with a display ...15 KB (2,198 words) - 07:30, 14 June 2023
- Chameleon is any of the tropical, New World lizards comprising the ... Chameleon's add to the human wonder of nature, given their ability ...12 KB (1,901 words) - 02:06, 13 January 2023
- which lived during a large part of the Mesozoic era, were the ... now is used more for the parent clade of the Ichthyosauria. ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 17:21, 10 February 2024
- The marathon is a long-distance running event of 42.195 km (26 miles ... "marathon," comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier ...30 KB (4,587 words) - 03:03, 6 November 2022
- A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure ... the compressor also reduces the volume of a gas, whereas liquids, being ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 07:49, 23 January 2023
- star, often within a circle, is one of the oldest markings known to ... The pentagram has been used for a wide variety of purposes over the ...20 KB (3,104 words) - 07:21, 23 November 2022
- Ecology or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution ... and biotic environment or as "the study of the structure and function ...38 KB (5,612 words) - 18:02, 12 February 2024
- was the priestess presiding over the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi, located on ... The oracle is one of the best-documented religious institutions of ...24 KB (3,809 words) - 21:08, 14 April 2023
- Excellence/Posterity") was the priest of Midian and Moses' father ... sacrificial feast with Aaron and the elders of Israel. Moses then accepted ...13 KB (2,051 words) - 02:58, 1 August 2022
- priests who honored Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. Their primary task ... The Order of the Vestal Virgins and its well-being was considered ...16 KB (2,678 words) - 18:03, 3 May 2023
- author, (waka) poet, essayist, and critic of Japanese vernacular poetry ... Kamo no Chomei is best known as a classic example of a man of artistic ...15 KB (2,445 words) - 02:34, 5 October 2022
- The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. Natural satellites ... surface reaches Earth in 1.3 seconds (at the speed of light). ...39 KB (6,162 words) - 13:13, 10 March 2023
- Volcanic activity involving the extrusion of rock tends to form mountains ... like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has examples of volcanoes caused by "divergent ...32 KB (4,841 words) - 20:59, 3 May 2023
- system and is named after the Roman god of war. It is also known as the ... and seasonal cycles are similar to those of the Earth. Of all the planets ...47 KB (7,206 words) - 16:13, 6 November 2022
- was a Greek Presocratic philosopher and one of the three prominent Pythagoreans ... that the Earth was not the stationary center of the cosmos, but moved around ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 04:13, 24 November 2022
- from a gel in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with ... Aerogels are useful for a variety of applications. Some are good for ...18 KB (2,574 words) - 05:49, 16 June 2023
- Bridgetown is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Established ... The economy of Barbados is susceptible to various issues, such as ...20 KB (2,790 words) - 23:06, 20 November 2023
- Anuradhapura, one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, has earned ... Founded in the fourth century B.C.E., Anuradhapura served as of the ...16 KB (2,446 words) - 05:50, 11 August 2023
- In common terminology, wind is the flow of air. In a broader sense ... There are various types of winds, which may be classified in any of ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- – 708 or 710 C.E.), was a Japanese poet of the Nara period who featured ... As an official poet to the court of three successive rulers, Hitomaro ...13 KB (2,022 words) - 02:25, 5 October 2022
- The story of a Great Flood sent by God or the gods to destroy civilization ... Many of the world's cultures past and present have stories of ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 17:53, 11 November 2023
- [[Image:Temple of Zeus.JPG|right|350px|thumb|Ruins of the Temple of ... Olimpia, Olimbia), a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is ...17 KB (2,779 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- Gravel is rock that is of a certain particle size range. In geology ... or tarmac. Russia alone has over 400,000 km of gravel-surfaced roads. Gravel ...6 KB (948 words) - 18:27, 20 January 2023
- Brachiosaurus is an extinct genus of huge, sauropod dinosaurs that ... Brachiosaurus represented one stage in the history of life. When the ...13 KB (1,833 words) - 02:00, 12 January 2023
- Corals are those marine invertebrates of the phylum Cnidaria and the ... other prey items, these animals obtain much of their nutrients from symbiotic ...26 KB (4,043 words) - 19:01, 14 January 2023
- French philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) of decision theory to the belief ... :"Before entering into the proofs of the Christian religion, ...20 KB (3,286 words) - 08:59, 18 November 2022
- Energy independence is self-sufficiency in terms of the availability ... amounts to meet the needs (consumption) of a particular entity. ...14 KB (1,937 words) - 20:52, 8 February 2023
- Frog is the common name for any of the members of the amphibian order ... rainforests. Overall, about 88 percent of amphibian species are frogs ...41 KB (6,365 words) - 07:07, 15 April 2024
- the type of school providing secondary education|gymnasium (school) ... Gym, a shortened form of gymnasium, refers to facilities intended ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- was taken soon afterwards by General Bai Qi of the state of Qin. Upon receiving ... Qu Yuan is considered the first prominent Chinese poet. Twenty-five ...16 KB (2,703 words) - 07:48, 3 July 2022
- An electron microscope is a type of microscope that uses electrons ... this initial instrument was only capable of magnifying objects by four ...20 KB (2,873 words) - 15:58, 13 February 2024
- than a walrus. There are two main groups of these large, aquatic, mostly ... have both front and hind limbs in the form of flippers and belong to the ...18 KB (2,671 words) - 02:44, 21 April 2023
- Kenya. Established in 1946, it was a project of Mervyn Cowie, a conservationist ... south of the center of Nairobi, the nation's capital and largest ...18 KB (2,633 words) - 02:41, 11 March 2023
- a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Although this ... because in humans the upper limit pitch of hearing tends to become lower ...27 KB (3,908 words) - 11:29, 18 April 2023
- Ribose, primarily seen as D-ribose, is a water-soluable, pentose ... and cytosine in RNA, and thymine instead of uracil in DNA) represents the ...7 KB (1,027 words) - 09:19, 10 August 2022
- गाँधीनगर) - the capital of the state of Gujarat in western ... with the peaceful and spiritual teachings of Gandhi. Planned by Indian architects ...12 KB (1,834 words) - 04:23, 18 April 2024
- connected to the anterior-most segments of arthropods. In crustaceans ... that are characterized by the possession of a segmented body, a pair of ...6 KB (965 words) - 05:21, 31 July 2023
- A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system consisting of ... May 18, 2018. all orbiting a common center of mass. Galaxies can also contain ...57 KB (8,514 words) - 03:49, 18 April 2024
- that forms the basis or accompaniment of a composition. A riff can be ... Rikky Rooksby admits that there is no "water-tight" definition, he ...6 KB (949 words) - 01:36, 15 December 2022
- "confessional" singer-songwriter of the late 1960s and early 70s ... was a staff writer at the Nina Music branch of Elektra Records in the late ...19 KB (2,645 words) - 09:05, 13 March 2024
- river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It stretches ... The taming of the river for human use, and the industrial waste that ...40 KB (5,864 words) - 22:44, 7 January 2024
- in an agricultural setting for the purposes of profit or subsistence, whether ... Raising animals (animal husbandry) is an important component of modern ...26 KB (3,786 words) - 07:46, 9 March 2023
- artist. He is well known for a number of witty and amusing images. Surrealism ... Magritte was born in Lessines, Belgium, in 1898, the eldest son of ...11 KB (1,775 words) - 04:07, 8 December 2022
- Under standard conditions (temperature of 25°C and pressure of 100 kPa ... on prolonged contact. However, high intake of the substance over a relatively ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 00:24, 2 December 2022
- and webbed feet like an otter. It is one of only five extant species of ... The bizarre appearance of this egg-laying, venomous, duck-billed, ...38 KB (5,579 words) - 01:53, 10 April 2023
- instructor, and actor widely regarded as one of the most influential martial ... Like many of his colleagues, Lee saw the martial arts in part as a ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 16:58, 29 April 2020
- flies), midges have a single pair of true wings, which are used ... Non-biting midges are generally harmless, while the females of most ...13 KB (1,785 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- in land area, belonging to the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in ... tourist attraction and summer colony. Much of the island has undergone extensive ...24 KB (3,463 words) - 22:57, 7 May 2023
- Leech is the common name for any of the annelids (segmented worms ... leeches are predatory, feeding on a variety of invertebrates, such as worms ...20 KB (3,061 words) - 06:24, 6 March 2023
- Prairie dogs is the common name for any of the social, burrowing, ... Prairie dogs play an important role in their ecosystems as part of ...18 KB (2,604 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- in American English, they are but one of more than 100 species commonly ... They are native to Australia where flocks of 10 to 100 birds, and even up ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 18:36, 22 November 2023
- is considered the most important precursor of Neo-Confucianism, the ethical ... known text was the brief "Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme ...13 KB (2,000 words) - 06:02, 13 June 2023
- The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at 1,497 ... The Orinoco River region is home to over one thousand species of birds ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 10:44, 11 March 2023
- Vitamin B6 (vitamin B6) is an organic nutrient of the vitamin B complex ... Vitamin B6 is essential in the metabolism of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates ...22 KB (3,234 words) - 20:41, 3 May 2023
- Salmon is the common name for several species of large food and game ... in freshwater lakes—probably as a legacy of the last period of glaciation—salmon ...27 KB (4,219 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- The Oligocene epoch is a division of the geologic time scale and the ... The start of the Oligocene is marked by a extinction event that may ...6 KB (898 words) - 00:21, 18 November 2022
- Georgian Bay (French: baie Georgienne) is a large bay of Lake Huron ... Georgian Bay was the first area of the Great Lakes to be visited by ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 20:21, 13 December 2023
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a U.S. National Park ... Sheer black walls of schist and gneiss plummet as much as 2,700 feet ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 18:04, 31 October 2023
- North American peninsula, politically a part of the nation of Mexico. Extending ... deserts, the peninsula is also home to some of the best preserved rock art ...14 KB (2,128 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- age" denotes a geological period of long-term reduction in the ... More colloquially, when speaking of the last few million years, "the ...38 KB (5,850 words) - 17:11, 10 February 2024
- ) is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean ... and a very long wavelength (often hundreds of kilometers long). Consequently ...44 KB (6,684 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- Graphite is one of the two common but distinctively different forms ... instance, as the material in the electrodes of an electrical arc lamp. Also ...13 KB (1,840 words) - 19:59, 19 September 2021
- ), a sub-school of the Vedānta (literally, end or the goal of the ... as major sub-schools of Vedānta. Advaita (literally, non-duality ...19 KB (2,943 words) - 06:21, 15 June 2023
- C-Double-A") is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences ... athletic organization in the world. Because of the great popularity of college ...28 KB (3,819 words) - 04:10, 11 March 2023
- Ellesmere Island is the largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in ... More than one-fifth of the island has been turned into a national ...20 KB (2,966 words) - 17:14, 13 February 2024
- – April 14, 1759) was a leading composer of Baroque concerti grossi, operas ... ), he lived most of his adult life in England, and became a subject ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 08:06, 23 January 2023
- a United States National Park located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain ... in the country. Approximately 95 percent of the park is designated as wilderness ...35 KB (5,565 words) - 08:57, 28 January 2024
- nonmetal that belongs to the nitrogen group of chemical elements. Given its ... When purified artificially, several different allotropic forms of ...25 KB (3,622 words) - 22:45, 28 March 2023
- Atoll) is a coral atoll having a coastline of 12 miles (19.3 kilometers ... It is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States ...28 KB (4,195 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2023
- as Kirwan, and Al Qayrawan) is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in ... a base for military operations. The Mosque of Uqba, also known as the Great ...17 KB (2,480 words) - 06:50, 28 February 2023
- saint, sometimes referred to as Columba of Iona, or, in Old Irish, as ... Columba) was born to Fedlimid and Eithne of the Uí Néill clan in Gartan ...21 KB (3,411 words) - 19:21, 22 December 2022
- Anaximenes (in Greek: Άναξιμένης) of Miletus (c. 585 – ... Thales, the first philosopher of Ionia, conceived the original being ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- Ammonia is a chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, with the ... several important roles, serving as a source of nitrogen for plants and helping ...39 KB (5,803 words) - 07:35, 25 July 2023
- )—a city of the Indus Valley Civilization built around 2600 B.C ... The discovery of Mohenjo-daro led to tremendous excitement in the ...14 KB (2,047 words) - 19:32, 9 November 2022
- characterized by a primitive vertebrae made of cartilage, slimy skin without ... are parasitic, rasping through the skin of other fish to feed on their ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 20:56, 22 October 2022
- It is based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin, with diatomaceous ... to promote peace and science for the benefit of mankind. ...6 KB (937 words) - 01:17, 16 January 2023
- quot;Captivating") was the wife of the patriarch Isaac and mother ... #039;s winning, by deception, the blessing of his father Isaac. She also ...13 KB (2,094 words) - 01:43, 8 December 2022
- A bleach is a chemical that can remove or lighten the color of an ... is often a preliminary step in the process of dyeing. == History == ...7 KB (964 words) - 18:12, 31 October 2023
- German physicist and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of quantum mechanics ... He was the son of Dr. August Heisenberg, professor of Byzantine studies ...22 KB (3,234 words) - 17:14, 4 May 2023
- described by John Stuart Mill as one of the seminal minds of his age ... a landmark work that led to the emergence of the Romantic Movement in England ...13 KB (2,014 words) - 03:03, 23 December 2022
- in 1876, building on the pioneering efforts of Elisha Gray, Antonio Meucci ... on March 3, 1847. He was the middle of three children, all boys. Both ...26 KB (4,070 words) - 13:48, 18 July 2023
- Iguana is both the common name for several of the larger members of ... For humans, they add to the wonder of nature and the green iguana ...14 KB (2,039 words) - 23:45, 4 October 2021
- and tasteless gas. It is the product of the incomplete combustion of ... technology, being a precursor to a myriad of useful—even life-saving—products ...20 KB (2,871 words) - 19:08, 26 November 2023
- The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean ... The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 01:22, 3 May 2023
- for its inherent and interesting mixture of colors. Although not mineralized ... in England it is found with interments of the bronze age. A remarkably ...17 KB (2,724 words) - 02:46, 24 July 2023
- Stingray is the common name for any of the various cartilaginous fish ... Ecologically, stingrays are important components of aquatic food chains ...25 KB (3,545 words) - 18:03, 21 October 2022
- ) is the capital, chief seaport, and largest city of Algeria, the ... in Algiers. The city fell under the rule of the Ottoman Empire in 1518 ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- Thyme is the common name for any of the about 350 species of aromatic ... In general, thyme is one of the world's more well-known and useful ...19 KB (2,939 words) - 23:15, 30 April 2023
- in the order Rajiformes (or Batoidea) of rays, characterized by enlarged ... predators. There is concern that overfishing of sharks in some areas has led ...7 KB (991 words) - 22:58, 23 April 2023
- Pompeii is a ruined city of Roman Empire near modern Naples in the ... Evidence of the promiscuity and ethically lax lives of many of the ...14 KB (2,204 words) - 08:49, 24 November 2022
- Xenophanes of Colophon (c. 570 B.C.E.- c. 478 B.C.E.) was a pre-Socratic ... to the divine. He found the origin of these misconceptions of gods ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 14:28, 20 May 2023
- specifically an aryl amine, consisting of a phenyl group attached to ... First, benzene is heated with a concentrated mixture of nitric acid ...13 KB (1,817 words) - 06:09, 28 July 2023
- Asparagus is the name a genus of plants within the flowering plant ... As a vegetable, the tender, succulent shoots of asparagus not only ...14 KB (2,081 words) - 04:48, 18 August 2023
- In Babylonian mythology, Tiamat is one of the foundational principles ... she combines with Apsu (the personification of fresh water), and their union ...16 KB (2,560 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- (after Lake Balaton). The southern shore of the lake is in France, taking ... that can suddenly raise or lower the level of the lake. A region of great ...16 KB (2,589 words) - 23:17, 21 October 2022
- best known as the primary ingredient of mothballs. Naphthalene is ... Trace amounts of naphthalene are produced by magnolias and certain ...13 KB (1,879 words) - 01:21, 11 November 2022
- Ashgabat (Aşgabat) is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan ... Ashgabat, a city of around 900,000, is primarily a government and ...13 KB (1,843 words) - 04:04, 18 August 2023
- Anatidae is the biological family of medium to very large-sized birds ... Members of Anatidae are adapted for swimming, floating on the water ...30 KB (4,269 words) - 01:03, 9 January 2023
- Fatty acids are a class of compounds containing a long hydrocarbon ... Fatty acids function as fuel molecules and serve as components of ...16 KB (2,372 words) - 01:39, 26 March 2024
- Sexual reproduction is a process of biological reproduction by which ... processes: meiosis, involving the halving of the number of chromosomes to ...31 KB (4,574 words) - 06:48, 5 October 2022
- Hermitage") is considered to be one of the most remarkable art treasures ... above Bulguksa, the grotto overlooks the Sea of Japan (East Sea) and rests ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- alimentary canal or gut, is the system of organs within multicellular ... Digestion refers to the process of metabolism whereby a biological ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 04:45, 18 April 2024
- Giant squid is the common name for any of the very large squid comprising ... (33 ft) for males from caudal fin to the tip of the two long tentacles (second ...27 KB (3,958 words) - 07:44, 24 January 2023
- Acoustics is a branch of physics that studies sound, or more precisely ... Knowledge gained through the field of acoustics has had great significance ...7 KB (998 words) - 07:44, 14 June 2023
- a German chemist who ushered in a new age of organic chemistry when he demonstrated ... Eschersheim, near Frankfurt am Main, the son of August Anton Wöhler, who was ...14 KB (2,077 words) - 10:37, 17 October 2022
- Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a planet, moon ... Based on experiences with Earth, the environment of a planet can be ...32 KB (4,766 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
- == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution5glyph.png The evolution of our modern glyph for five cannot be neatly traced ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
