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- Prime Meridian (3211 bytes)
1: ...ime_meridian_2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|<i>The Prime Meridian, Greenwich</i>]]
2: ...ees. It is sometimes referred to as the Greenwich Meridian.
4: ...n [[Washington, D.C.]], USA for the International Meridian Conference.
7: # It was desirable to adopt a single world meridian to replace the numerous ones already in existence...
8: ...e Observatory at Greenwich was to be the "initial meridian".
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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...inent|continental]] neighbors, Costa Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of...
5: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de Costa Rica'''</big></big>
9: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
13: ...er" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Costa Rica|Detail]]) - Retina (13061 bytes)
5: ...ant part in [[visual perception]]. In [[embryonal development]], the retina and the optic nerve origin...
9: ...s in the retina have been used for [[biometric]] identification.
12: ...), the most sensitive area along the horizontal [[meridian]] is about 3.2 mm.
14: ...heir axons. This spatiotemporal pattern of spikes determines the raw input from the eyes to the brain....
20: ...rs of [[neuropil]]s where synaptic contacts are made. The neuropil layers are the outer [[plexiform]] ... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
5: ... manuscripts (hence its familiar name) and only made available in Latin translation (by [[Gerard of Cr...
7: ...modern system of constellations, but unlike the modern system they did not cover the whole sky.
11: ...ar circle). He put the meridian of 0 longitude at the most western land he knew, the Canary Isla...
13: ...|thumb|300px|Ptolemy System Explained. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
14: ...f latitude from the Arctic to the East-indies and deep into Africa; Ptolemy was well aware that he kne... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Chester Alan Arthur
4: | order=21st President
7: | preceded=[[James A. Garfield]]
8: | succeeded=[[Grover Cleveland]]
11: | dead=dead - Continent (6440 bytes)
2: ...king Alexandria as a [[prime meridian]], they divided the ''oikoumene'' or habitable earth into three ...
13: Geographers and historians find it useful to define larger land masses connected with a [[land br...
18: ...ss_section_Earth2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
19: ...the Americas. These land masses are usually considered [[supercontinent]]s rather than continents, th...
21: ...inent. In the same manner, historians may subdivide Africa-Eurasia into Eurasia-[[North Africa]] and ... - Prime Meridian (3211 bytes)
1: ...ime_meridian_2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|<i>The Prime Meridian, Greenwich</i>]]
2: ...ees. It is sometimes referred to as the Greenwich Meridian.
4: ...n [[Washington, D.C.]], USA for the International Meridian Conference.
7: # It was desirable to adopt a single world meridian to replace the numerous ones already in existence...
8: ...e Observatory at Greenwich was to be the "initial meridian". - Earth (30908 bytes)
4: ...iker's Guide reference in here. It's been done to death. Find a gem with which to improve the article ...
7: ...l planet]]s, and the only planetary body that [[modern science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The p...
9: ... a variant puts the cross atop the circle ([[Unicode]]: ⊕ or ♁).
14: ... diameter of approximately 12,742 km. The maximum deviations from this are the highest point on Earth ...
17: ... other [[terrestrial planets]], is chemically divided into an outer [[silicon|siliceous]] solid [[Crus... - Africa (35389 bytes)
8: ...with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding to modern-day [[Tunisia]].
18: ...ent of the continent, the idea of ''Africa'' expanded with their knowledge.
24: ...rom the main mass of the Earth's surface. It includes within its remarkably regular outline an area, o...
26: ...6,000 km (16,100 miles) and the absence of deep indentations of the shore is shown by the fact that Eu...
33: Africa is home to the [[cradle of Humankind|oldest inhabited territory]] on earth, with the [[huma... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: ...near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on the opposite side of the planet.
8: ...so the continent with the highest average [[altitude]], and the lowest average [[humidity]] of any con...
15: ...he continent, but [[ice]] there can last for extended time periods. Nearly all of Antarctica is cover...
24: ...d western hemispheres relative to the [[Greenwich meridian]]. Western Antarctica is covered by the [[West A...
30: ...ons, particularly those close to the continent, made territorial claims in the [[20th century]]. These... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ...th of the [[Equator]] and 59? west of the [[Prime Meridian]], about 434.5 km (270 miles) northeast of [[Vene...
3: ...re also dotted with large sugarcane estates and wide [[pastures]] with many good views to the sea.
5: ...ntry in the world. The island is a major tourist destination.
9: ...]], and [[Mapp's Cave]]. According to accounts by descendants of the aboriginal Arawak tribes on other...
11: ...lly called the island '''Os Barbados''' ("The Bearded Ones"), upon seeing the appearance of the island... - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
1: ...the federal entity and of his or her state of residence.
3: ... the federal government while retaining the remainder for itself. The tasks of education, health, tra...
5: ...ndency has been toward centralization, with the federal government playing a much larger role than it ...
9: ..._state_map.jpg|400px|left|Map of USA. Clipart provded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
16: <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td>''' - Idaho (13962 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 44<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 6.04 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 43<sup>rd</sup> |
26: Latitude = 42? N to [[49th parallel north|49? ...
27: Longitude = 111? W to 117? W | - Astronomy (13970 bytes)
3: ...ed near the center of the [[Far side (Moon)|far side]] of Earth's Moon, its diameter is about 58 miles...
5: ...d with [[astrology]], which assumes that people's destiny and human affairs in general are correlated ...
8: ...rns itself much more with trying to observe and understand the actual physical nature of celestial obj...
10: ... and involves working with computer or analytic models.
12: ...er ways. Categorization by the region of space under study (e.g., Galactic astronomy, Planetary Scien... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ... [[Meridian (geography)|meridian]]s of a [[longitude]] that is a multiple of 15? thus making neighbori...
6: ...'s atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly c...
8: ...00 UTC on the last Sunday in March. For the remainder of the year local time is UTC + 1—known in...
13: *[[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]: UTC + 1 (e.g. if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is ...
18: ...ment for time zones results in a time the other side of midnight from UTC, then the date at the locati... - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...anges from −0.4 to 5.5 in [[apparent magnitude]]; Mercury is sufficiently "close" to the Sun tha...
3: ...not realized it could alternately appear on one side of the Sun and then the other. It was called [[He...
12: ...aded [[Impact crater|crater]]s, where it has been deposited by [[comet]] impacts and/or gases arising ...
16: ...idal bulge]]s, raised by the [[Sun]] (the Sun's tides on Mercury are about 17% stronger than the Moon'...
28: ...of Earth compresses the planet and creates a high density. Mercury has only 5.5% of Earth's mass. The ... - Mississippi (15114 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 32<sup>nd</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 23.42 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 20<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 10]], [[1817]] |
26: Latitude = 30?13'N to 35?N | - Mars (27704 bytes)
2: [[Image:Mars NPArea-PIA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region with icecap....
4: ...]]s ([[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]] and [[Deimos (moon)|Deimos]]) which are both small and oddly-shaped, pos...
8: ...e. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxide (rust) on its surface. Mars has only a quarter th...
11: ...he atmosphere on Mars is 95 percent [[carbon dioxide]], 3 percent [[nitrogen]], 1.6 percent [[argon]],...
13: ... volcanic methane is accompanied by [[sulfur dioxide]]. - Colorado (22240 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]] |
11: LargestCity = [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]] |
21: DensityRank = 37<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 16.01 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 38<sup>th</sup> | - Forbidden City (7592 bytes)
1: ...0px|The Forbidden City, Beijing China. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
3: ...m the square via [[Tiananmen Gate]]. It is surrounded by a large area called the Imperial City.
5: ...ited visitors to the main courtyards and a few gardens.
6: ...0px|DecorativeDoorway, Forbidden City. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
10: ...on the [[Mainland China|mainland]]. [[Image:Forbidden City Imperial Guardian Lions.JPG|thumb|300px|[[I... - Extreme points of the world (6602 bytes)
4: ===Latitude and longitude===
6: ...north of [[Cape Morris Jesup]], [[Greenland]] (83°39'). Various shifting [[gravel bar]]s lie furt...
11: ===Altitude===
13: ...ttp://www.rain.org/ocean/ocean-studies-challenger-deep-mariana-trench.html].
14: * The lowest point on land is the shore of the [[Dead Sea]]: 417 [[metre|m]] below sea level. ''See [...
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