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- Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...> [[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of the Interior]]}}
9: ...ion_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Orders}}
17: ...rd_flying.jpg |thumb|300px|left|Tenontosaurus and deinonych]]
18: ...he [[media]]. The term is also used informally to describe any prehistoric reptile, like the [[pelycos...
20: ...ww.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/avians.html]. The widespread application of [[cladistics]], which rigoro... - Planet (8450 bytes)
1: ...jects in orbit around other stars, the problem of defining a planet has become rather more acute.
3: ... gas and dust that orbited the [[protostar]] in a dense protostellar disk before the star's core ignit...
16: ...Mars]] (♂) - 2 satellites ([[Deimos (moon)|Deimos]], [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]])
25: ... size between Mercury and Ceres, which would include the five objects mentioned above (Pluto, Sedna, O...
27: Planets within Earth's solar system can be divided into categories according to composition. - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: Modern [[science]] is a body of verifiable [[empirical...
4: ... change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still...
6: ...] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects and systems, which differs ...
11: ...mphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
13: ...e, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of ... - Government (12596 bytes)
1: ...hat exactly constitutes a government. In its broadest sense, "govern" means the power to administrate...
3: ==Definitions==
4: ... approach is to define government as the dominant decision-making arm of the state.
5: ...territory without defining laws would not be considered a government.
7: Another alternative is to define a government as an organisation that attempts... - 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]]. - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... for designing many inventions that anticipated modern technology but were rarely constructed in his l...
7: .... It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]]...
9: As he was born before modern naming conventions developed in [[Europe]], his full name was "Leonardo...
11: ...s father soon showed them to the painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourt...
12: ...ntellect that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Va... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...mputer program|programming]]) a computer can be made to represent some aspect of a problem or part of ...
4: The discipline which studies the theory, design, and application of computers is called '''[...
8: ...s, photons, quantum particles or any other well-understood physical phenomenon. Although computers ha...
10: .... For example, electron flows might be used to model the flow of water in a dam. Such ''[[analog sig...
12: ...is first translated into mathematical terms by rendering all relevant information into the [[binary]] ... - Mellotron (7426 bytes)
1: ...usical instrument|musical instrument]] originally developed and built in [[Birmingham]], [[England]] i...
3: .... The sound on each individual tape piece is recorded at the specific pitch of the key that it was ass...
6: ...]] keyboard-controlled "Special Purpose Tape Recorder", which he used when recording his classic "Drip...
8: ... instruments were assembled and sold by [[EMI]] under license.
10: ...g Hussein]] of [[Jordan]] and [[Scientology]] founder [[L. Ron Hubbard]]. - Air guitar (2190 bytes)
1: ...]. Air guitar is generally used in the imaginary simulation of loud [[electric guitar]] music, especially [[r...
3: ...away by the music. Playing air guitar can be considered a specialised form of [[dance]].
5: ...hip contest has been a part of the [[Oulu Music Video Festival]] in [[Oulu]], [[Finland]]. The first o...
7: ...h]]'s video for their song "[[New Millennium Cyanide Christ]]" features the five band members sitting ... - Weather forecasting (4312 bytes)
5: ...m forecast the weather for an area. These fall under two categories: tools for collecting data and t...
7: * '''Tools for collecting data''' include instruments such as [[thermometer]]s, [[barometer...
9: ...ather map]]s and [[Computer simulation|computer model]]s in the form of [[Numerical Weather Prediction...
13: a computer model in a process called ''assimilation''. This ensur...
14: computer model holds the current weather conditions as accurate... - Trebuchet (7499 bytes)
1: ...buchet.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Trebuchet at Châ´¥au des Baux, [[France]]]]
3: ...rom the Latin word ''ingenium'' meaning ingenious device.
5: The trebuchet was a development of the Chinese traction trebuchet. In th...
7: ... [[catapult]], though it would be more correct to describe them as a scaled-up [[sling]].
12: ... that carries the shot. The sling is usually braided from rope, and has a captive end attached to the... - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
3: ...|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
6: ==The vitalism debate and organic chemistry==
8: ...], and other synthetic [[dye]]s, as well as the widely used drug [[aspirin]]. The discovery also contr...
12: ...planation of [[Brownian motion]] in the first decade of the [[20th century]].
14: ... the atom as a branch of [[physics]], but was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] in chemistry, not physics, f... - Board game (8014 bytes)
4: ... as ideal "family entertainment" as they can provide entertainment for all ages. Some board games, suc...
6: ..., ''[[Cluedo|Clue]]'', which is based upon a [[murder]] mystery, and ''[[Risk (game)|Risk]]'' which is...
8: ...t at all, attempt to imitate reality. These include [[abstract strategy]] games like [[chess]] and [[...
11: ... board games. The most of important of these include:
13: ...ion of ancient Egyptian [[Senet]]. Senet is the oldest board game known to have existed. - Jet engine (22370 bytes)
1: ... the front of the engine (left of photo) prevents debris - or people - from being pulled into the engi...
4: ...ally ignited by flame in the eddy of a [[flame holder]], and burned as an atomized mixture. The [[comb...
6: ...(especially [[supersonic]] speeds) and high altitudes. On slower aircraft and those required to fly sh...
10: ...of peripheral fitted is dependent on the aircraft design application.
15: ...''', or simply '''jet''') engine, as subsequently developed, would become almost as revolutionary to a... - Flight simulator (9712 bytes)
1: ...Simulator.jpg|thumb|right|Interior Cockpit of a modern Flight Simulator]]
2: ...ifferent types of flight simulator range from [[video game]]s up to fullsize [[Simpit|cockpit replicas...
4: ... pilot training, disaster simulation and aircraft development.
8: ...t actually being airborne. For instance, the [[Sanders Teacher]] was a complete aircraft mounted on a ...
10: ...echanical motions, but was later enhanced to include instruments and was used by a number of countries...
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