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- Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
1: ...onies were also known as the "bread basket" colonies because of their large grain export.
3: ...he wealthy would have their portraits painted. Homes in the country could be made of logs and chinked ...
5: ...and barley. The whiskey was often mixed with spices, milk, and sugar which many people thought improv...
7: ...ake breeches, shirts, jackets, and moccasins. Forest products were used to make a dye. Yellow came fr...
9: ...nting and publishing were also very important trades. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ction machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...ut [[1850]], when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-po...
5: ...[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
9: ==Causes==
10: ...on]] of the 17th century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
3: ...ution in the alloy controls the qualities of the resulting steel. Steel with increased carbon content...
5: ...alloying materials, and carbon, if present, is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are ...
8: ...dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting results in an alloy containing too much carbon to be ...
11: ...ts [[pearl]]-like appearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]]. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
12: |'''PM Succesor:'''
27: ... of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed th...
29: ... "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...s instrumental in opening the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believe...
7: ...ssemination of contraceptive information and devices.
9: ...ntributed articles on health for the [[United States Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Ca...
11: ...cknowledged the reality of sexual feelings in adolescents. It was followed in 1917 by ''What Every Mot...
13: ...der medical supervision was legalized in many states. In 1927, Sanger helped organize the first World ... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: ...ndash; [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ...urgh]], she was the daughter of a well-do-to businessman. Cassatt grew up in an environment that value...
6: ...llow male students, and the slow pace of her courses, she decided to study the [[Old Masters|old maste...
8: ...ishop of Pittsburgh commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled a...
16: ...] impressionist show. An active member of the impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friend... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ... image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist ph...
11: ...press goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
12: #That man must choose his values and actions by reason;
14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on...
19: ...m Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ..., [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a ...
4: ... a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]]...
7: ...the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making t...
10: ...[Image:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-Lepage]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of ... - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asparagales]]}}
14: ...than all vertebrates combined, excluding bony fishes. Orchids, through their floral complexity and the...
16: ...bterranean tuberoids in some [[terrestrial]] species. The word 'orchis' was first used by [[Theophrast...
18: ... in their natural habitat, are considered by [[CITES]] as threatened or endangered. They are therefore...
20: == General description == - Botany (8977 bytes)
1: ...rphogenesis|development]], [[phytopathology|diseases]], and [[evolution]] of [[plant|plants]].
9: ...iodiversity|communities]] of plants. At each of these levels a botanist might be concerned with the cl...
11: ...mewhat superficially, in introductory botany courses.
13: ...f plants is crucial to the future of human societies as it allows us to:
15: * Understand fundamental life processes - Testicle (6183 bytes)
1: ...in [[animal]]s. Male [[mammal]]s have two testicles, which are often contained within an extension of...
3: ... It also occurs in response to stress (the testicles rise up toward the body in an evolutionary effort...
5: ...her evolutionary development which protects each testis from hitting against the other.
8: ...land]]s). The respective functions of the testicles are:
11: ...x [[hormone]]s, of which [[testosterone]] is the best known - Circulatory system (8794 bytes)
1: ...he [[organ (anatomy)|organ system]] which circulates [[blood]] around the [[body]] of most [[animal]]s...
6: Following are some basic functions of the human circulatory system:
8: #Collection of metabolic wastes and delivery to the excretory organs, e.g. [[kidn...
12: ==Types of circulatory systems==
15: ...s drawn back into the [[heart]] as the heart relaxes. - Gastrointestinal tract (16596 bytes)
2: ...icellular animals]] which takes in [[food]], [[digest]]s it to extract energy and nutrients, and expel...
6: ==Clip Art and Pictures==
8: .../category/anatomy-illustrations.htm Anatomy Pictures and Illustrations]
10: == Basic anatomy of the human alimentary canal ==
12: ... tract is approximately [[1 E0 m|7 and a half metres]] long (25 [[feet]]) and consists of the followin... - Human brain (15406 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|250px|Illustration of the Human Brain courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
7: Human [[encephalization]] is especially pronounced in the [[neocortex]], the most...
9: ...s well as profoundly developed protypical structures of the [[brain stem]]. But the human brain is uni...
13: ...[[infant]]s, it consumes about 60%.) This generates a lot of [[heat]], which must be removed to preve...
15: ... only the [[medulla oblongata]] visible as it merges with the [[spinal cord]]. - Kidney (12846 bytes)
3: ... medical field that studies the kidneys and diseases affecting the kidney is called [[nephrology]].
5: == Basic [[anatomy]] ==
9: ...l level T12 to L3, and the right kidney usually lies slightly lower than the left in order to accommod...
18: ...y is called the [[renal cortex]], deep to which lies the [[renal medulla]]. The innermost portion is t...
20: ... molecules while secreting other, unneeded molecules. Reabsorption and secretion are accomplished with... - Mammary gland (2185 bytes)
1: ...reast(mentor10).png|framed|In both males and females, the breasts are composed of [[adipose tissue]] a...
4: ...elial cells]] and a rich [[capillary]] network. These alveoli join up to form [[lactiferous ducts]] th...
6: ...ls develop mammary glands in pairs along these lines, with a number approximating the number of young ...
9: ...nhibits it. [[Prolactin]], which is stimulated by estrogen, acts on the mammary glands to produce milk...
11: ...ancy]], where rising levels of estrogen and [[progesterone]] cause further branching and differentiati... - Connective tissue (1646 bytes)
1: ...tracellular matrix]]. There are several basic types:
6: ... is found primarily in [[joint]]s, where it provides cushioning. The extracellular matrix of cartilag...
11: ...nnective tissue conditions have been described, these can be both inherited and environmental.
14: ...rent sites in the body, such as joints, heart valves, organ walls, arterial walls, etc. - Body cavity (2315 bytes)
1: ... coelom contains major organs, including the [[digestive system]], [[heart]], [[kidney]]s, etc. The co...
3: ...[[Chordate]]s and echinoderms are both Deuterostomes.
7: ... the classification of, for example, the vertebrates.
9: ...hat the coelom may have evolved from gastric pouches ("stomachs" sort of) in [[cnidaria|cnidarians]]. - Ploidy (4598 bytes)
1: ...lyploidy]], is not uncommon in healthy plant species.
3: ...ecies, for example the euploid number of chromosomes in a human cell is 46.
8: ...organisms that only ever have one set of chromosomes, the term '''monoploid''' can be used interchanga...
10: ...mes halved by randomly "choosing" one homologue, resulting in haploid germ cells ([[sperm]] and [[ovum...
13: ...ome]] (both sex- and non-sex determining chromosomes), usually one from the [[mother]] and one from th... - Beehive (beekeeping) (7741 bytes)
1: ...ney for the coming winter. A location where beehives are kept is known as an [[apiary]].
3: ==Traditional beehives==
5: ... hives of varying dimensions, with or without frames, and finally replaced by Langstroth equipment.
7: ...they typically provided more [[beeswax]] but far less honey than a modern hive.
9: ...e inspected for disease or [[parasite]]s without destruction of the honeycomb and usually the colony.
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